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Pupils’ perspectives regarding robot design and language learning scenario

Educational robots are recognized in English language teaching (ELT). Working on the development of the concept Robot-Assisted Language Learning in Croatia, this study aimed to get insight into pupils’ perspectives, thus investi- gate perceptions, ideas, and preferences for such implementation. This kind of input could be used while designing future learning activities in the ELT to opti- mize the experience of pupils and therefore facilitate learning. Data for this study were obtained during a summer robotics camp and are related to robot design and learning scenario design. In this qualitative study participated 23 pupils whose perspectives were investigated with the short questionnaire. The results have shown that the pupils envisioned versatile robots (anthropomorphic and mecha-nomorphic) with various sensors (mostly ultrasonic and color), built from differ-ent materials (mostly LEGO kits pieces or metal), and applicable for teaching all four language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing).

educational robots ; English language teaching ; learning scenario design ; robot-assisted language learning ; robot design ; summer robotics camp

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