Volume 28 Number 2, June 2024 Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence for Language Learning Using chatbots to support EFL listening decoding skills in a fully online environment

Using chatbots to support EFL listening decoding skills in a fully online environment

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Volume 28 Number 2, June 2024 Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence for Language Learning
contributor.author:
Huang, Weijiao Jia, Chengyuan Hew, Khe Foon Guo, Jia
date.accessioned:
2024-05-30T19:01:38Z
date.available:
2024-05-30T19:01:38Z
date.issued:
2024-06-01
description.abstract:
Aural decoding skill is an important contributor to successful EFL listening comprehension. This paper first described a preliminary study involving a 12-week undergraduate flipped decoding course, based on the flipped SEF-ARCS decoding model. Although the decoding model (N = 44) was significantly more effective in supporting students’ decoding performance than a conventional decoding course (N = 36), two main challenges were reported: teacher’s excessive workload, and high requirement for the individual teacher’s decoding skills. To address these challenges, we developed a chatbot based on the self-determination theory and social presence theory to serve as a 24/7 conversational agent, and adapted the flipped decoding course to a fully online chatbot-supported learning course to reduce the dependence on the teacher. Although results revealed that the chatbot-supported fully online group (N = 46) and the flipped group (N = 43) performed equally well in decoding test, the chatbot-supported fully online approach was more effective in supporting students’ behavioral and emotional engagement than the flipped learning approach. Students’ perceptions of the chatbot-supported decoding activities were also explored. This study provides a useful pedagogical model involving the innovative use of chatbot to develop undergraduate EFL aural decoding skills in a fully online environment.
endingpage:
90
format.extent:
90
identifier.citation:
Huang, W., Jia, C., Hew, K. F., & Guo, J. (2024). Using chatbots to support EFL listening decoding skills in a fully online environment. Language Learning & Technology, 28(2), 62–90. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73572
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73572
number:
2
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
rights.uri:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73572/
startingpage:
62
subject:
Chatbot EFL Listening Fully Online Learning Student Engagement
title:
Using chatbots to support EFL listening decoding skills in a fully online environment
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Article
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Text
volume:
28