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Paulinas Englischlehrer
(Paulina's English teacher)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 6.7.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, digitized education, research/study, technology-free
Summary | Linguists are currently working on robots who can teach foreign languages to children. It is a new research field and it is being tested in several childcare institutions and kindergardens. The results show that children learn better when they are emotionally invested and that is the main advantage of a robot versus just a tablet.The robot is more humanoid and responds emotionally (with praise for correct answers for instance). Recent studies say that 70% of pre-schoolers user their parents' smartphones or tablets for more than 30 minutes a day when that should be the maximum screen time (including TV) a child has per day.
Image Description | A girl using the language learning robot.
Image Tags | female(s), school
Das sind die besten Apps, um Sprachen zu lernen
(These are the best apps to learn languages)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 24.5.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, smartphone, translation
Summary | Babbel, Duolingo, and Busuu are currently among the most popular language learning apps. They are great for starters because all that is needed is a smartphone and some free time here and there, for instance while waiting for the bus. In order to learn a foreign language fluently, however, one needs to practice with native speakers.
Image Description | Hand holding a smartphone and using a language learning app.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone
Do you speak English? Hell yeah!
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 30.10.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, game, school
Summary | Students are much more competent in English - and much more motivated to learn it. The digital era has them all caught up in a world online where the lingua franca is English. They watch movies and series in the original language (usually English), chat with their co-players of Minecraft in English, and follow English-speaking celebrities directly without the mediation of a German platform.
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Experte für die digitalen Medien
(Expert of digital media)
Newspaper | Rheinische Post Düsseldorf
Date | 5.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, research/study, social media
Summary | Prof. Dr. Michael Beisswenger is a German Linguist researching the influence of new media on language use. He is also interested in the possibilities of e-learning, what we make of social media, and how how we use digital writing tools. He is involved in the research project CLARIN-D where a team of researchers analyze a large corpus of online chat data.
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Leben im Befehlston #
(Living in the commanding tone #)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 16.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, language threat, school
Summary | School children are supposed to learn how to program codes as early as grade three of primary school. There are many toys that help children learn how to write in code easily. Code may be the first foreign language future generations will learn as employers hugely value the ability to program a software.
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App-Charts: Mathe-Känguru hüpft in die Charts
(App charts: math kangaroo jumps into the charts)
Newspaper | Freie Presse
Date | 16.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, digitized education, game, school
Summary | One of the most-sold apps in Germany recently is the math kangaroo app. It is an app that attempts to make math fun for students and the grade of difficulty can be set to whatever school grade the user goes to. Other popular apps include picture editing apps, Minecraft, messenger apps like WhatsApp, and many others.
Image Description | Image of the math kangaroo.
Image Tags | logo
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