Abstract
This paper examines the qualities and applicability of a provisional programming language, especially designed for use by beginner-level students in Bulgarian primary and secondary schools. The necessity for such a language is investigated. Then, relevant features are defined, as inspired by various programming languages (notably, languages used in education and characterised with non- English syntax) and by general trends related to the achievement of natural language in software development. A survey is conducted to test young students’ interaction with the language, and the latter’s advantages and limitations are listed and discussed.- Anthology ID:
- 2020.clib-1.13
- Volume:
- Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Linguistics in Bulgaria (CLIB 2020)
- Month:
- September
- Year:
- 2020
- Address:
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Venue:
- CLIB
- SIG:
- Publisher:
- Department of Computational Linguistics, IBL -- BAS
- Note:
- Pages:
- 121–129
- Language:
- URL:
- https://aclanthology.org/2020.clib-1.13
- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Iglika Nikolova-Stoupak. 2020. A Natural Language for Bulgarian Primary and Secondary Education. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Linguistics in Bulgaria (CLIB 2020), pages 121–129, Sofia, Bulgaria. Department of Computational Linguistics, IBL -- BAS.
- Cite (Informal):
- A Natural Language for Bulgarian Primary and Secondary Education (Nikolova-Stoupak, CLIB 2020)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/corrections-2024-05/2020.clib-1.13.pdf