Social robots for (second) language learning in (migrant) primary school children

EA Konijn, B Jansen, V Mondaca Bustos… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Especially these days, innovation and support from technology to relieve pressure in
education is highly urgent. This study tested the potential advantage of a social robot over a …

Guidelines for designing social robots as second language tutors

T Belpaeme, P Vogt, R Van den Berghe… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, it has been suggested that social robots have potential as tutors and
educators for both children and adults. While robots have been shown to be effective in …

Social/dialogical roles of social robots in supporting children's learning of language and literacy—A review and analysis of innovative roles

KJ Rohlfing, N Altvater-Mackensen… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
One of the many purposes for which social robots are designed is education, and there have
been many attempts to systematize their potential in this field. What these attempts have in …

Social robots for language learning: A review

R Van den Berghe, J Verhagen… - Review of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, robots have increasingly been implemented as tutors in both first-and
second-language education. The field of robot-assisted language learning (RALL) is …

Social robots for early language learning: Current evidence and future directions

J Kanero, V Geçkin, C Oranç, E Mamus… - Child Development …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we review research on child–robot interaction (CRI) to discuss how social
robots can be used to scaffold language learning in young children. First we provide …

Adapt, explain, engage—a study on how social robots can scaffold second-language learning of children

T Schodde, L Hoffmann, S Stange, S Kopp - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
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 …

A comparison of social robot to tablet and teacher in a new script learning context

Z Zhexenova, A Amirova, M Abdikarimova… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This research occurred in a special context where Kazakhstan's recent decision to switch
from Cyrillic to the Latin-based alphabet has resulted in challenges connected to teaching …

Social robots and young children's early language and literacy learning

MM Neumann - Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020 - Springer
Due to recent advances in technology, social robots are emerging as educational tools with
the potential to enhance early language and literacy skills in young children. Social robots …

Social robots in a translanguaging pedagogy: A review to identify opportunities for robot-assisted (language) learning

R van den Berghe - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This mini review discusses the use of social robots in a translanguaging pedagogy: the use
of robots to enable students to use their full linguistic repertoire within schools, so any …

L2 vocabulary teaching by social robots: The role of gestures and on-screen cues as scaffolds

ÖE Demir-Lira, J Kanero, C Oranç, S Koşkulu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Social robots are receiving an ever-increasing interest in popular media and scientific
literature. Yet, empirical evaluation of the educational use of social robots remains limited. In …