ランバッカー スティーヴン ジョージ   LAMBACHER, Stephen G.   LAMBACHER, Stephen G    所属   青山学院大学  社会情報学部 社会情報学科    職種   教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2020
形態種別	学術雑誌
標題	The impact of using AI and VR with blended learning on English as a foreign language teaching
執筆形態	共同
掲載誌名	CALL for widening participation: short papers from EUROCALL 2020
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	Research-publishing.net
著者・共著者	Hiroyuki Obari, Steve Lambacher, and Hisayo Kikuchi
概要	This study focuses on the use of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) smart speakers and smartphone applications for improving the English language skills of L1 Japanese undergraduates. An empirical investigation was carried out with 82 Japanese students. Participants were required to study a variety of online English programmes using AI speakers over an eight-month period. The results showed that students using AI speakers outperformed on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) a group of non-AI users, who instead exclusively used online materials. This research suggests integrating blended learning, including AI and Virtual Reality (VR), may be an effective way to improve the English proficiency of native Japanese.