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A trial english class with a teaching assistant robot in elementary school

Published: 02 March 2010 Publication History

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Various studies propose that robots can be an effective tool for language teaching and learning. Especially they have been remarkably successful in elementary English classes [1][2][3][4]. The purpose of this study was to investigate some effects of a teaching assistant robot, Langbot, in elementary English classes in Korea. We adopted IROBIQ as Longbot for a pilot study.
We designed some activities for elementary English classes using a teaching assistant robot, Langbot: introduction, look and listen, listen and say, look and say, act out, song and chant. The introduction includes the birth story of Langbot that children want to know where the robot comes from, how old it is, why it came to their classroom, etc, since Hur and Han (2009) found that the robot storytelling was working to increase children's tolerance toward the failure of recognition of a robot [2].

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[1]
Han J., Jo M., Park S., Kim S., "The educational use of home robots for children", Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 378--383, 2005
[2]
Hur, Y. Y, Han J. H., "Analysis on Children's Generosity toward a Teaching Assistant Robot Storytelling on a Innate Weak Recognition", Proceedings of the International Conference 8th Application and Processing Information System, Japan, Jan., 2009
[3]
Hyun E. J., Kim S. Y., Jang S. K. and Park S. J., "Comparative Study of Effects of Language Education Program using Intelligence Robot and Multimedia on Linguistic Ability of Young Children", Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2008
[4]
Kanda, T., Hirano, T., Eaton, D., & Ishiguro, H., "Interactive Robots as Social Partners and Peer Tutors for Children; A Field Trial", Human Computer Interaction, vol. 19, 61--84, 2004.

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        HRI '10: Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
        March 2010
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        • (2012)How to sustain long-term interaction between children and ROBOSEM in english classProceedings of the seventh annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/2157689.2157828(421-422)Online publication date: 5-Mar-2012
        • (2011)The chanty bearProceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction10.1145/1957656.1957701(141-142)Online publication date: 6-Mar-2011

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