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The impact of an anthropomorphic robot’s facial expressions on L2 learning outcomes and motivation
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
2023 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
En antropomorfisk robots ansiktsuttrycks inverkan på läranderesultat och motivation i andraspråksinlärning (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

In a regular classroom setting, a more emotionally expressive teacher has been shown to be positively correlated with learning outcomes and task motivation among the students. Would this also be the case if the teacher were a robot? This study investigates how the facial expressions of an anthropomorphic robot affect learning outcomes and task motivation in adult learners studying a second language by setting up an experiment using the Furhat robot. The same interactions were carried out by an experiment group and a control group. The results show no increase in performance in either learning outcomes or task performance. Future studies are suggested to investigate other potential factors of why robots outperform regular computers in these settings.

Abstract [sv]

I ett vanligt klassrumssammanhang har det visats att lärare som visar känslouttryck har en positiv korrelation med läranderesultat och motivation hos studenterna. Skulle detta också vara fallet om läraren var en robot? Den här studien undersöker hur ansiktsuttrycken hos en människoliknande robot påverkar läranderesultat och motivation hos vuxna studenter som lär sig ett andraspråk genom ett experiment med roboten Furhat. Samma interaktioner genomfördes av både en experimentgrupp och en kontrollgrupp. Resultaten visar ingen ökning av varken läranderesultat eller motivation. Framtida studier föreslås att undersöka andra potentiella faktorer som bidrar till att robotar utpresterar människor i dessa sammanhang.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 28
Series
TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2023:340
Keywords [en]
Robot assisted language learning, RALL, human-robot interaction, HRI, non-verbal immediacy, NVI
Keywords [sv]
Robotassisterad språkinlärning, människa-robotinteraktion, MDI, icke-verbal kommunikation
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-331012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-331012DiVA, id: diva2:1779815
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Available from: 2023-08-01 Created: 2023-07-04 Last updated: 2023-08-01Bibliographically approved

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