This paper explores how young adults with severe learning problems may benefit from
foreign language tutoring using a social robot that either uses congruent gestures or …

This paper explores the use of a social robot for one-on-one tutoring, in a study in which 15
children participated in four second-language tutoring sessions. Specifically, changes …

We present a large-scale study of a series of seven lessons designed to help young children
learn English vocabulary as a foreign language using a social robot. The experiment was …

An increasing amount of research is being conducted to determine how a robot tutor should
behave socially in educational interactions with children. Both human-human and human …

This video illustrates the large-scale experiment of the L2TOR project that will be presented
at the HRI 2019 conference. The experiment aimed to investigate how 192 Dutch 5-year-old …

To investigate whether a humanoid robot's use of gestures improves children's learning of
second language vocabulary, and if variation in gestures strengthens this effect, we …

In this digital age social robots will increasingly be used for educational purposes, such as
second language tutoring. In this perspective article, we propose a number of design …

Learning companion robots can provide personalized learning interactions to engage
students in many domains including STEM. For successful interactions, students must feel …

The use of social robots as a tool for language learning has been studied quite extensively
recently. Although their effectiveness and comparison with other technologies are well …

Social robots are increasingly applied to support children's learning, but how a robot can
foster (or may hinder) learning is still not fully clear. One technique used by teachers is …