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Direct linkEricsson, Elin; Sofkova Hashemi, Sylvana; Lundin, Johan – Cogent Education, 2023
Speaking in a foreign language is considered challenging to both teach and learn. Virtual humans (VHs), as conversational agents (CAs), provide opportunities to practise speaking skills. Lower secondary school students (N = 25) engaged in an AI-based spoken dialogue system (SDS) and interacted verbally with VHs in simulated everyday-life scenarios…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Haake, Magnus; Gulz, Agneta – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
The paper presents a theoretical framework addressing three aspects of embodied pedagogical agents: visual static appearance, pedagogical role, and communicative style. The framework is then applied to a user study where 90 school children (aged 12-15) in a dummy multimedia program were presented with either an instructor or a learning companion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Computer Graphics
