Author
Junko, K., Oranç, C., Koşkulu, S., Kumkale, Gökçe Tarcan, Göksun, T., Kuntay, A. C.
Publication Date
2022-03
Publication Place
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Springer
Subject
Anxiety, Attitudes, Human–robot interaction (HRI), Personality, Second language learning
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1875-4791
Record ID
83a0cdce-9ddd-4bba-ab98-39973c7acd54
Library Location
Psychology
Date
2022-03
Notes
European Union’s Horizon 2020
Sample Text
Do some individuals benefit more from social robots than others? Using a second language (L2) vocabulary lesson as an example, this study examined how individual differences in attitudes toward robots, anxiety in learning L2, and personality traits may be related to the learning outcomes. One hundred and two native Turkish-speaking adults were taught eight English words in a one-on-one lesson either with the NAO robot (N = 51) or with a human tutor (N = 51). The results in both production and receptive language tests indicated that, following the same protocol, the two tutors are fairly comparable in teaching L2 vocabulary. Negative attitudes toward robots and anxiety in L2 learning impeded participants from learning vocabulary in the robot tutor condition whereas the personality trait of extroversion negatively predicted vocabulary learning in the human tutor condition. This study is among the first to demonstrate how individual differences can affect learning outcomes in robot-led sessions and how general attitudes toward a type of device may affect the ways humans learn using the device.
DOI
10.1007/s12369-021-00789-3
Cilt
14
