This study introduces the educational assistant robots that we developed for foreign
language learning and explores the effectiveness of robot-assisted language learning …

While speaking anxiety is one of the most problematic aspects observed in English as a
foreign language (EFL) context, a limited number of studies focused on the impact of …

This paper reviews recent technology for teaching pronunciation, and the trends emerging in
this field. One particular method for teaching prosody, in particular intonation and pitch …

Text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis, the generation of speech from text input, offers another
means of providing spoken language input to learners in Computer-Assisted Language …

We describe completed and ongoing research on HALEF, a telephonybased open-source
spoken dialog system that can be used with different plug-andplay back-end modules. We …

To address the problem of limited opportunities for practicing second language speaking in
interaction, especially delicate interactions requiring pragmatic competence, we describe …

Recent CALL technology reviews cover a plethora of technologies available to language
learners to improve a variety of skills, including speaking. However, few technology …

Despite the new possibilities that speech synthesis brings about, few Computer-Assisted
Language Learning (CALL) applications integrating speech synthesis have found their way …

The introduction of robots into language learning systems has been highly useful, especially
in motivating learners to engage in the learning process and in letting human learners …

Computer assisted language learning (CALL) becomes more realistic and motivating for
learners through introduction of humanoid robots. A robot assisted language learning …