영어교육을 위한 인공지능(AI) 스피커의 활용과 교육적 가치에 관한 연구
A Study on the Educational Effectiveness and Potential of Using an AI speaker for English Education
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Recently, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) speaker realized by speech recognition and synthesis technology has fast become a supplementary instrument in various educational fields, including English education. The main purpose of this paper is to examine effective applications of an AI speaker (Google Home Mini) and its future potential for English learning and teaching. In order to achieve this goal, this study firstly provides an in-depth analysis of advantages and disadvantages of using an AI speaker from a cognitive and linguistic perspective. Then, it documents actual experiences of sixteen pre-service English teachers with an AI speaker for creating their own lesson plan. The results show that an AI speaker provides individualized learning beyond time and space limitations and increases the level of motivation and participation, introducing new and additional ways and methods for English education. In addition, it is helpful for pronunciation and speaking practices, in particular, because it lowers students’ affective filter and improves listening concentration. Although all participants perceived its effectiveness in a positive way, using an AI speaker for educational purposes has limitation in that it cannot provide human-like accuracy and spontaneous feedback. This is the reason why the use of an AI speaker has to be situated in well-designed learning activities, rather than making students have open-ended conversation with AI. Based on the findings, this paper sheds new lights on how capabilities of AI speaker technology make learning more engaging and teaching more artificially apprehendable.
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Recently, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) speaker realized by speech recognition and synthesis technology has fast become a supplementary instrument in various educational fields, including English education. The main purpose of this paper is to examine effective applications of an AI speaker (Google Home Mini) and its future potential for English learning and teaching. In order to achieve this goal, this study firstly provides an in-depth analysis of advantages and disadvantages of using an AI speaker from a cognitive and linguistic perspective. Then, it documents actual experiences of sixteen pre-service English teachers with an AI speaker for creating their own lesson plan. The results show that an AI speaker provides individualized learning beyond time and space limitations and increases the level of motivation and participation, introducing new and additional ways and methods for English education. In addition, it is helpful for pronunciation and speaking practices, in particular, because it lowers students’ affective filter and improves listening concentration. Although all participants perceived its effectiveness in a positive way, using an AI speaker for educational purposes has limitation in that it cannot provide human-like accuracy and spontaneous feedback. This is the reason why the use of an AI speaker has to be situated in well-designed learning activities, rather than making students have open-ended conversation with AI. Based on the findings, this paper sheds new lights on how capabilities of AI speaker technology make learning more engaging and teaching more artificially apprehendable.
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