TY - GEN
T1 - Learning Chinese as a second language by educational robots integrating the operation of conditional logic in computational thinking and the usage of the causal sentences
AU - Hsu, Ting Chia
AU - Wong, Lung Hsiang
AU - Aw, Guat Poh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - This study attempted to carry out interdisciplinary learning activities which integrate computational thinking into language learning. The participants were 56 5th-grade Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) students in Singapore. The students were required to learn the ability to apply conditional complex sentences in Chinese language and learn the conditional structural logic through coding educational robots to interact with each other in Chinese. The results showed that the students improved significantly in the linguistic knowledge. Furthermore, the computer programming self-efficacy of the students has also promoted significantly in terms of logical thinking, control and debugging. The students had also shown a high level of learning engagement, low anxiety and a high intention in the robot coding activity. This study presented the empirical results of this cross-domain integration of educational robots and language learning, providing a reference and teaching practices for future teachers.
AB - This study attempted to carry out interdisciplinary learning activities which integrate computational thinking into language learning. The participants were 56 5th-grade Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) students in Singapore. The students were required to learn the ability to apply conditional complex sentences in Chinese language and learn the conditional structural logic through coding educational robots to interact with each other in Chinese. The results showed that the students improved significantly in the linguistic knowledge. Furthermore, the computer programming self-efficacy of the students has also promoted significantly in terms of logical thinking, control and debugging. The students had also shown a high level of learning engagement, low anxiety and a high intention in the robot coding activity. This study presented the empirical results of this cross-domain integration of educational robots and language learning, providing a reference and teaching practices for future teachers.
KW - Chinese as a Second Language
KW - Computational Thinking
KW - Computer Programming Self-Efficacy
KW - Educational Robots
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U2 - 10.1109/ICALT49669.2020.00077
DO - 10.1109/ICALT49669.2020.00077
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091147095
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020
SP - 236
EP - 237
BT - Proceedings - IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020
A2 - Chang, Maiga
A2 - Sampson, Demetrios G
A2 - Huang, Ronghuai
A2 - Hooshyar, Danial
A2 - Chen, Nian-Shing
A2 - Kinshuk, Kinshuk
A2 - Pedaste, Margus
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2020
Y2 - 6 July 2020 through 9 July 2020
ER -