E- learning Translator Prototype for Iraqi Kids
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The official language of Iraq is Arabic. Many other languages are spoken by a variety of ethnic groups, most notably are Kurdish and Turkoman. The main aim of this study is to improve the unsatisfactory materials that currently available for teaching English for the Iraqi kids who speak Arabic, Kurdish and Turkoman.
This study objective is to develop an interactivity based prototype for children’s who aged from 6-11 years old to educate them some of the English Language vocabulary by introducing word-to-word based online translator. The age 6-11 is an important time of intellectual and emotional development for children, and it is important to remember that even as they gain rudimentary reading skills, they still enjoy being read. The concept of multimedia technology with represented by audio and images used in interactive way.
The study includes two types’ interview methods. A semi-structure interview used to gather the prototype requirements. In prototype evaluation a structured interview conducted based on IBM questions form which is designed for system usability evaluation.
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