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Robotic Chinese language tutor

Personalising progress assessment and feedback or taking over your job

Bibliographic Data

ID12428366
AuthorsEsyin Chew (0000-0003-2644-9888, Cardiff Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Xin Ni Chua (Monash University Malaysia)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue3
Pages113-124
Publication date2020-07-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOn the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1074-8121 • E-ISSN: 2054-1708
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/oth-04-2020-0015
OpenAlexW3040438235
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited11

Purpose The shortage of Chinese language teachers have been identified as a pressing issue globally. This paper aims to respond to the needs by investigating and designing the learning innovation with autonomous programmable robot, NAO. Design/methodology/approach By thoughtfully embedding NAO robot into teaching basic Chinese language, this research demonstrates an inquiry qualitative case study of artificial intelligence design principles and learning engagement with rule-based reasoning and progress test design. Findings This state-of-the arts robot use its emotion recognition and body language automated (LED eye with various colours) to demonstrate the Chinese words, to increase learners’ understanding and enhance their memory of the words learned. The responses conclude that the novel learning experience is more fun and interesting, thus the engagement from the axis of novelty, interactivity, motivation and interest is enhanced. Research limitations/implications It is recognised that the number of research participants was small, but the qualitative finding demonstrate key issues and recommendation that may inspire future empirical research. Practical implications Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field and has received significant attention in education. Humanoid robots are now increasingly used in fields such as education, hospitality, entertainment and health care. Educational robots are anticipated to serve as teaching assistants. Originality/value The learning engagement paradigm has shifted from manual engagement to personal response systems or mixed-reality on mobile platforms, and now with the humanoid robot, the recommendation of four principles and future work and for designing humanoid robot as a language tutor are discussed. The educational robot model can be changed to a newer robot such as CANBOT U05E

Creativity · Human–computer interaction · Humanoid robot · Interactivity · Multimedia · Originality · Pedagogy · Robot · TUTOR · AI in Service Interactions · Computer Science · Psychology · Robotics and Automated Systems · Social Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Artificial Intelligence

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Citations per year1,75
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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