E-learning environment »Slovenščina na dlani«: challenges and solutions ; Učno E-okolje Slovenščina na dlani: izzivi in rešitve

The paper describes three types of challenges that were detected in teaching Slovene as a mother tongue at schools. First, a number of orthographic and grammatic mistakes can be detected in pupils’ writings (see Kosem et al., 2012; Križaj in Bešter Turk, 2018; Gomboc, 2019). Second, low phraseological literacy was noticed and the pupils often have problems understanding phrasemes (Voršič, 2018). Third, the challenges of communicative competence were addressed, referring to production and interpretation of different written, spoken as well as multimedia genres, as only appropriate genre literacy enables efficient use of different genres (Nidorfer Šiškovič, 2013). To address these challenges, we have developed a complex e-learning environment for improving writing and communication skills of Slovene pupils – “Slovenščina na dlani”. The developed environment is divided into four general topics – orthography, grammar, phrasemes and texts. Each topic covers a number of subtopics, and for each sub-topic a number of exercises is available, along with explanations. We have used the most up-to-date language technologies and programming solutions in order to automatise the e-environment. The user’s knowledge is automatically evaluated, and based on this s/he is automatically guided through the environment in a way to improve her/his writing and communication skills. The e-environment has also a special user interface for teachers which enables easy way to assign tasks as well as to track the performance of each pupil individually or a group of pupils as a whole. The gamification and professional graphic design fulfil the user experience. The “Slovenščina na dlani” will be freely available at https://slo-na-dlani.si from September 2021 on. ; Prispevek izhaja iz treh izzivov, ki jih zaznavamo pri pouku slovenščine v višjih razredih osnovnih šol in v srednjih šolah: kako odpraviti napake knjižne norme, ki vztrajajo v pisnih izdelkih učencev; kako izboljšati frazeološko kompetenco; kako izboljšati sporazumevalno jezikovno ...