Computational Thinking Approach to Language Learning

Try computational thinking technique to teach vocabulary your little one

Are you ready for Computational Thinking activity? This week, it’s the Computational Thinking Approach to Learning Language.

How to Play

If you are interested in helping your child to learn a new word. Why don’t you try computational thinking approach? Help them to try predicting the meaning of new words without looking up the dictionary. List of words Replay Restart Return Remake Remix

Step 1: Decomposing the word

Your child does not have to know every single word.

However, he/she can guess new word if he/she decompose unknown word in a smaller pieces.

For this reason, he/she is able to manage the smaller piece to predict words easily.

Start finding some common words and easy to see around everyday.

Step 2: Pattern Recognition

Need to practice before using your own words?

Let’s practice! For example, write these three words and find the meaning of them.

Three words should have the same prefix.

A prefix is the root of a word. Try restart, return, and/or remix!

When you decompose each word, explain your child explicitly the meaning of each word and the meaning of prefix.

In this way, it is easier him/her to recognize pattern recognition.

Re-start

Re-turn

Re-mix

Step 3: Time to try new words

Let him come up with new words, find some common words, and/or try to use words that you have seen around everyday.

Each word should have same prefix.

For example, restart, return, and remix has the same prefix.

Step 4: Debriefing

Time to debrief.

Listen your child’s new words.

Observe his/her way to understand and predict the meaning of words explicitly.