Robot Based Interactive Game for Teaching Arabic Spelling

Abstract

Game based learning is becoming a widespread technique used to enhance motivation, involvement and educational experience of learners. Games have the potential to support educational curricula when designed effectively. In this work, an educational game to teach Arabic spelling to children is proposed. The game consists of two main parts; a robot and a desktop application. The robot is connected to the desktop application to form the complete game. Our mere focus is to develop an interactive, adaptive game to motivate students and let them interact joyfully in their environment while learning simple Arabic spelling rules. The interaction was implemented through designing an interaction model between the user and the robot, where the robot responds to user input with appropriate facial expressions and vocal statements. On the other hand, adaption and intelligence of the game is done through utilizing the nutshell of expert systems' framework with some alterations. Our proposed game is based on the curriculum of Saudi Arabia in elementary schools. It is anticipated that the deployment of robot-based games in the classroom will advance students' engagement and enthusiasm about learning Arabic spelling.

Developing Arabic Educational Games in ‘Arabiyah Lil Athfal Entrepreneurship Course Using Project-Based Learning

“…Considering the nature of game and children, game-based learning is becoming a prominent method for enhancing learners' enthusiasm, engagement, and intellectual challenge (Alsebayel & Berri, 2019;Nugraha & Mansoor, 2021;Zoghoul, 2020). When implemented appropriately, games have the potentiality to complement educational curriculum (Alsebayel & Berri, 2019).…”

“…Hence, the author is motivated to observe a promising learning technique namely project-based learning to inspire higher education students becoming entrepreneurs (Kurniawan et al, 2020;Nanni, 2021;Pinto and K.J., 2021). Given the course title, Arabiyah Lil Athfal, and the benefits of integrating learning and playing (Al-Hajj et al, 2020;Alsebayel & Berri, 2019;Zoghoul, 2020), as well as the lucrative gaming business (Masrop et al, 2019;Sweidan and Darabkh, 2018), Arabic educational games were chosen as the product generated from the course. The purpose of this study is to discuss the course material delivery in Arabiyah Lil Athfal entrepreneurship course with the aim of training students in the development, preparation, execution, and assessment of Arabic educational games as course goods and outputs utilizing the project-based learning technique.…”