Effects of Automatic Speech Recognition Technology on EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate and Interactional Features

• Published in: Educational Technology ＆ Society Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 37 - 52
• Main Authors: Jiang, Michael Yi-Chao, Jong, Morris Siu-Yung, Lau, Wilfred Wing-Fat, Chai, Ching-Sing, Wu, Na
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palmerston North International Forum of Educational Technology ＆ Society 01.07.2023; International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan; International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
• Subjects: Asian students; Audio Equipment; Automatic speech recognition; Chinese languages; Classroom communication; College students; Colleges & universities; Communication (Thought Transfer); Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Educational aspects; English (Second Language); english as a foreign language; English as a second language instruction; English Language Learners; Foreign Countries; Independent Study; Interaction Process Analysis; interactional features; Interpersonal communication; Learning; Oral English; Oral Language; Psychological aspects; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Self instruction; Special Issue Articles; Speech Communication; Speech recognition; Student Attitudes; Students; Teaching Methods; Technology application; Technology Uses in Education; Undergraduate Students; Voice recognition; Willingness to communicate; China; Interactional features; Willingness to communicate; English as a foreign language; Automatic speech recognition

This study examined the effects of using automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology on Chinese students' willingness to communicate (WTC) in oral English and the development trajectories of their interactional features in a flipped EFL context. One hundred sixty undergraduates from a Chinese...