SMARTArabic – mobile learning of arabic language for preschool kids

Learning Arabic language has always been a challenge for preschool kids. This is because the conventional learning tools make kids easy to feel bored because of the non-interactive learning session. The main problem for preschool kids in learning Arabic language is the pronunciation of the language that leads to difficulties to understand and practice the language. Another issue that has been identified is preschool kids often lost their attention during the teaching session because of the preschool kids cannot pay attention more than 10 minutes by using the current tools of learning which uses books and Flash Cards. The objectives of the project are to identify the requirements, design and develop SMARTArabic mobile learning of Arabic language for preschool kids. The targeted user are preschool kids age are around 4-6 years old. This mobile learning application focused on pronunciation as a module or content. It will be developed in Arabic and Bahasa Malaysia. Other than that, it used Android as a platform to develop the application. The mobile learning application used ADDIE model as the methodology. However, user cannot customize the language used by using the mobile learning application. As the result, there are 3 module used as the content of the mobile learning application which “Belajar Huruf”, “Kad Imbas” and “Praktis”. In addition, 2D animation are used in order to attract preschool kids’ attention. For future direction, the mobile learning application can help the preschoolers, teachers and parents to learn Arabic pronunciation in a more engaging and interactive ways.