Adaptive Robot Second Language Tutoring for Children

Empirical evidence has demonstrated that learning with and from a physically present, interactive robot can be more effective than learning from classical on-screen media [6, 8]. In the L2TOR project wework on using the robot Nao to support second language learning, a problem that becomes increasingly important nowadays.We focus on preschool children in the age of 5-6yr, for whom it is crucial to develop adequate knowledge of the academic language as later educational success builds on it [4, 7].