Language Development in Pre- School through E-mail


Published: Jun 9, 2016
Keywords:
e-mail language development participant observation communication
Ιωάννης Παναγιωτόπουλος
Ευδοκία Αραπίτσα
Abstract
The rapid growth of Information Technology (IT) has created new conditions in everyday life. Education process has to be adjusted in this new reality incorporating Information Technology in all stages of Educational System in order to remain modern. The introduction and development of IT has caused critical changes in Educational System. The traditional school was based on the teacher who owned the information and the knowledge. The new type of school has a teacher whose role is supervising and advisory. The student obtains the information and the knowledge through the computer acting as a researcher under the supervision of his teacher. Through this way the student has the chance to develop better his abilities and characteristics.
The present paper highlights the results of an experiential interaction in a pre- school class during a whole school year with the usage of e-mail. After the completion of the school year the benefits in linguistic abilities and in the social and emotional development of the students were indisputable.
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