A study on the use of a voice interactive system for teaching English to Italian children

被引：7

作者：

Giuliani, D ^{[1
]}

Mich, O ^{[1
]}

Nardon, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ITC, IRST, Ctr Ric Sci & Tecnol, Trento, Italy

来源：

3RD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEEDINGS | 2003年

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215131

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we report on a study whose objectives were first to investigate, the interaction of children with a multimedia system, designed for learning a foreign language and featuring automatic speech recognition functionality. Second, we investigated if using such a system, users meet some, particular difficulties in dealing with the microphone or in solving tasks which implies voice interaction. The study was based on the Italian version of "Tell me More. Kids: The City", a multimedia system dedicated to children aged 8 to 10. The results of the study indicate that, when learners were involved in tasks where they could freely decide if and how many times to use the vocal interaction modality, they did not hesitate to use this modality. The study also revealed the importance of the form, of feedback chosen to report the system's judgment on the learner's pronunctiation to her.

引用

页码：376 / 377

页数：2