Evaluating intelligent personal assistants for L2 listening and speaking development
| dc.contributor.author | Dizon, Gilbert | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Greg Kessler | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-31T15:55:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-31T15:55:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-02-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | While the use of intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) has exploded in recent years, little is known about their use to promote English as a foreign language (EFL) development. Thus, this study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the in-class use of the IPA, Alexa, among second language (L2) English students to support improvements in listening comprehension and speaking proficiency. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design with an experimental group (n = 13) which took part in a 10-week treatment of student-IPA interaction and a control group (n = 15) which did not. Results from the Mann-Whitney U test found that the experimental group was able to make more significant gains in L2 speaking proficiency. However, a significant difference was not found when comparing improvements in L2 listening comprehension. These findings suggest that IPAs may be a useful tool to promote L2 speaking skills and underscore the necessity for additional research on the emerging technology for language learning. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dizon, G. (2020). Evaluating intelligent personal assistants for L2 listening and speaking development. Language Learning & Technology, 24(1), 16–26. https://doi.org/10125/44705 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10125/44705 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1094-3501 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44705 | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center | |
| dc.publisher | Center for Language & Technology | |
| dc.publisher | (co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin) | |
| dc.subject | Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) | |
| dc.subject | L2 Listening | |
| dc.subject | L2 Speaking | |
| dc.title | Evaluating intelligent personal assistants for L2 listening and speaking development | |
| dc.type | Column | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| local.llt.topic | Language Teaching and Technology Forum | |
| prism.endingpage | 26 | |
| prism.number | 1 | |
| prism.publicationname | Language Learning & Technology | |
| prism.startingpage | 16 | |
| prism.volume | 24 |
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