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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorChen, A.
dc.contributor.authorMolenaar, B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-07T17:00:23Z
dc.date.available2019-09-07T17:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/34093
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, a growing body of research has investigated social robots as tutors. Robot-assisted language learning (RALL) is a promising application of employing social robots to help both children and adults acquire a language, which is a fundamental domain of knowledge. The present study attempted to provide new insights into RALL by introducing acoustic-prosodic entrainment as a facilitative tool for tutoring. It was hypothesised that pitch-level entrainment by a Nao robot during a word learning task performed with school-aged children would result in increased learning. The results indicated entrainment had no
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.format.extent507936
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleAcoustic-prosodic entrainment by social robots tutoring English vocabulary
dc.type.contentBachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsentrainment, acoustic-prosodic, robot-assisted language learning, word learning
dc.subject.courseuuEngelse taal en cultuur


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