Development of an English Teaching Robot for Japanese Students

Abstract

∗ In this paper, an English teaching robot is developed for teaching English words for Japanese students. The robot makes full use of multiple English teaching skills to make the students understand and remember the words easily, like explaining the words from its etymology, showing some synonym words and explaining the words as well as showing a related image. The robot can also detect the status of the students and adjust its teaching strategies through effective interactions. The effectiveness of our developed robot is proven by conducting new words teaching lessons.