Fun and frustrating: Students’ perspectives on practising speaking English with virtual humans

AbstractSpeaking in a foreign language is considered challenging to both teach and learn. Virtual humans (VHs), as conversational agents (CAs), provide opportunities to practise speaking skills. Lower secondary school students (N = 25) engaged in an AI-based spoken dialogue system (SDS) and interact...

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Main Authors: Elin Ericsson, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Johan Lundin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2170088