CHILD'S PLAY: TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN HEBREW MORPHOLOGY USING E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

Nofar Rimon, Iris Melamed Gorodesky, Goren Gordon, Einat Gonen

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Abstract

Hebrew words are known to be composed of roots, entities of three or four consonants that are combined in different patterns. Roots form an integral part of Hebrew morphology and the knowledge of extracting them is essential for high-school matriculation exams. Even though these skills are formally taught starting from second-grade, students still exhibit difficulties applying them. Hence, we created an innovative online root instruction program of five short video lessons that teaches 5- to 8-year old children to extract roots. Children significantly improved their root extraction skills after having completed our program. Furthermore, our program helped close the gap between the younger children and the older children who had already been introduced to the notion of the root in school. Using advanced technologies that allow the development of new teaching methods that are not traditionally used in schools, we managed to teach very young children a complex subject in morphology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conferences on e-Society 2022 and Mobile Learning 2022
EditorsPiet Kommers, Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez, Pedro Isaias, Luis Rodrigues
PublisherIADIS Press
Pages263-267
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789898704382
StatePublished - 2022
Event20th International Conference on e-Society, ES 2022 and 18th International Conference on Mobile Learning, ML 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 12 Mar 202214 Mar 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conferences on e-Society 2022 and Mobile Learning 2022

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on e-Society, ES 2022 and 18th International Conference on Mobile Learning, ML 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/03/2214/03/22

Funding

FundersFunder number
Cukier-Goldstein-Goren Center for Mind and Language

    Keywords

    • E-Learning
    • EduTech
    • Hebrew Morphology
    • Root Extraction

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