Title :
Robot as a Storytelling Partner in the English Classroom - Preliminary Discussion
Author :
Shih, Chao-Fen ; Chang, Chih-Wei ; Chen, Gwo-Dong
Author_Institution :
Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli
Abstract :
This paper introduces software which enables teachers create robot as a partner easily and find out how to help a teacher difficulties when using storytelling lessons. First of all, we must understand the relations between storytelling and language learning, and the benefit of a robot being the assistance of a teacher during the lesson. In the next step, let teachers use the "programming a robot into a storytelling tool" and design the "story time" during English class. According to the evaluation result, there was highly satisfied in the new system implementation and effectively improved teacher\´s organization and technique of difficulties in the storytelling lesson. In addition, tester also had the confidence to improve students\´ participation and atmosphere during the storytelling activities.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; robots; teaching; English classroom; language learning; robot programming; robot storytelling partner; teacher assistance robot; Atmosphere; Chaotic communication; Computer science; Education; Educational robots; Intelligent robots; Natural languages; Programming profession; Robot kinematics; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2007. ICALT 2007. Seventh IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Niigata
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2916-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2007.219