“Interactive Media in English for Math at Kindergarten: Supporting Learning, Language and Literacy with ICT”

Abstract

Modern society is actively engaged into technology due to educational reasons. Interactive media is considered as an integral part in language learning process to support the efficiency of the study process taking into consideration the needs and achievements of students. Therefore, new trends appear in the education process and technologies have to be successfully integrated by the teachers working in early childhood education institutions. The implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum at early childhood education is one of the educational sector development efforts to improve and support young learners' learning, language and literacy with ICT. English for Math activities are designed for kindergarten students so that they can experience the learning of Math in English in fun and exciting ways by creating the atmosphere of learning like playing integrated with ICT which will help the very young learners to understand the learning materials. This discussion is aimed at describing English for Math learning with ICT for kindergarten students. Moreover, the description can become one of the basic forms of the development of interactive learning based on students' self-learning. Besides, the arrangement of this study is also aimed to improve young learners' habitual and self-learning.

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“…Contemporary technology like interactive whiteboards and computers provide numerous opportunities for teachers to obtain new possibilities which heighten every year. This however does not mean that they are not exploited fully in the learning languages which could be due to many reasons such as inadequate school facilities or teachers' literacy levels of brand new technologies (Ambarini, Setyaji & Zahraini, 2018). The use of multimedia visuals such as video-ased activities or slide presentations ecame demoted to special occasions or not even implemented in practice of English in the classroom am rez he utilization of visual, aside from the ones included within textbooks, is not a fundamental part of the everyday lesson teachers implemented in early childhood learning.…”

“…Second, learning materials become understood easily thus allowing students to control and achieve their learning objectives. Third, the teaching techniques become more variative following verbal communication and explanations by the teacher (Ambarini, Setyaji & Zahraini, 2018). Notably, it is very significant to make use of interactive media which is combined with the traditional ways to come up with an exciting, and fun environment for learning.…”

“…Notably, it is very significant to make use of interactive media which is combined with the traditional ways to come up with an exciting, and fun environment for learning. English as well as Mathematics can be combined with ICT for students' learning in order to enhance self-learning among them (Ambarini, Setyaji & Zahraini, 2018).…”