A Robot-Partner for Preschool Children Learning English Using Socio-Cognitive Conflict

Autor/inn/en	Mazzoni, Elvis; Benvenuti, Martina
Titel	A Robot-Partner for Preschool Children Learning English Using Socio-Cognitive Conflict
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 18 (2015) 4, S.474-485 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Conflict; Social Cognition; Comparative Analysis; Robotics; Pretests Posttests; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Konflikt; Soziale Kognition; Robotertechnik; Italien
Abstract	This paper presents an exploratory study in which a humanoid robot (MecWilly) acted as a partner to preschool children, helping them to learn English words. In order to use the Socio-Cognitive Conflict paradigm to induce the knowledge acquisition process, we designed a playful activity in which children worked in pairs with another child or with the humanoid robot on a word-picture association task involving fruit and vegetables. The analysis of the two experimental conditions (child-child and child-robot) demonstrates the effectiveness of Socio-Cognitive Conflict in improving the children's learning of English. Furthermore, the analysis of children's performances as reported in this study appears to highlight the potential use of humanoid robots in the acquisition of English by young children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01