The effect of employing humanoid robots for teaching English on students´ anxiety and attitude

This study aims at examining the effect of Robot Assisted language learning (RALL) on the anxiety level and attitude in the English language learning classroom. Forty-six female students who were beginners at the age of 12 participated in this study and were randomly assigned into two groups of RALL (30 students) and non-RALL (16 students). the treatment was given by a teacher accompanied by a humanoid robot assistant for the RALL group. Two questionnaires of anxiety [15] and attitude [19] were utilized to measure the students´ anxiety and attitude. The results of descriptive and t-tests indicated that there was lower anxiety and positive attitude towards English learning in the RALL group compared with those in the non-RALL group. The study shows that the students in RALL group had great fun in the learning process; they also believed they were learning more effectively, which help them boost their motivation in the long run.