Using computational thinking to teach foreign languages: A preliminary approach
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Computational thinking is a teaching methodology that has been successfully applied to STEM education. However, its use outside STEM education seems to be quite limited. This study aims to report a small-scale experiment in which a small group of students were taught elements of the Greek language using STEM education methodology. Since computational thinking is mainly about algorithms and their use in teaching, the study has used some tools to implement the corresponding ideas. The results of this project are encouraging and the study indicates that language learning can greatly benefit from using computational thinking.
Keywords: Abstraction; Algorithm; Computational Thinking; Language Learning; Teaching.
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