L2TOR - Second Language Tutoring using Social Robots
Tony Belpaeme, James Lowery Kennedy, Paul E. Baxter, Paul Vogt, Emiel E. J. Krahmer, Stefan Kopp, Kirsten von Bergmann, Paul P. M. Leseman, Ayli̇n C. Küntay, Tilbe Göksun, Amit Kumar Pandey, Rodolphe Gélin, Petra Koudelková, Tommy Deblieck · Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) · 2015
This paper introduces a research effort to develop and evaluate social robots for second language tutoring in early childhood.The L2TOR project will capitalise on recent observations in which social robots have been shown to have marked benefits over screen-based technologies in education, both in terms of learning outcomes and motivation.As language acquisition benefits from early, personalised and interactive tutoring, current language tutoring delivery is often ill-equipped to deal with this: classroom resources are at present inadequate to offer one-to-one tutoring with (near) native speakers in educational and home contexts.L2TOR will address this by furthering the science and technology of language tutoring robots.This document describes the main research strands and expected outcomes of the project.