Proposal of English Word Learning Software for Kindergarten Child Using Artificial Intelligence

• Published in: Educational Information Research Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 29 - 38
• Main Authors: 山本 利一, 在間 拓幹, 及川 賢, 岡田 洋介
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society of Educational Information 2019; 日本教育情報学会
• Subjects: 人工知能，対話型教材，英語学習，自然対話型言語
• ISSN: 0912-6732; 2432-1745
• DOI: 10.20694/jjsei.34.3_29

This study is to develop an interactive English word learning software using artificial intelligence (AI), and to examine the effect for infants. The used hardware is the robot shape which interacts with the infant by recognizing the pronunciation of the conversation with the attached microphone, and communicating with the cloud using the tablet terminal as a display and processing device. The developed interactive English word learning software allows infants to learn pronunciation and listening to English words (simple phrases) on the theme of fruit, Olympics, animals, seasons, weather, play, food, plant growth, and cars. As a result of the practical use of these teaching materials, infants showed a high interest in the ability to interact with robots. Through this practice, it was confirmed that activities familiar to English were possible by using interactive English learning software.