• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.235-245
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• 2013

Recent national attention on English conversation continued, smartphone game has emerged into the mainstream of game industry. In this study, smartphone serious game that combines english conversation learning and smartphone game for learning english conversation was designed and implemented. English sentence patterns separated words, phrases, and sentences was able to learn step-by-step and repeatedly. Also, Throughout the game of different type by stage was to provide interested. Test results were discovered the problem not causing continuous user interest. To compensate for this, study of a game changes element and difficulty adjusting will be followed.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.507-513
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• 2020

This paper aims to design and implement a robot that will help teach children living habits and English conversation education in dual-income families using the open platform robot Q.bo one based on raspberry pi3 of a single board computer. The first function of life habit formation is to help children to wash their hands, to brush their teeth, homework and sleep regularly. The child is then photographed listening to the notification and acting so that the parent can identify and provide feedback. The second basic conversation education feature uses Google's DialogFlow to help children learn English naturally through simple English conversation through the robot. The two-functioning robot allows children from working families to feel secure by printing their parents' voices even when they are not at home. At the same time, it allows them to get into basic lifestyle, to have basic English conversation with robots, and to be interested in English early.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 영어 회화 교육을 위한 예제 기반 대화 시스템에 대해 논한다. 기존의 획일적인 멀티미디어 영어 학습에서 벗어나 자연어 처리 및 대화 기술을 이용하여 지능적인 일대일 영어 회화 교육 제공을 목적으로 한다. 본 시스템은 미숙한 학습자 발화를 이해할 수 있으므로 불완전한 언어 구사 능력으로도 대화를 참여할 수 있는 체험형 학습을 제공한다. 이를 통해 학습자에게 영어를 배우려는 흥미로운 동기를 부여한다. 또한 학습자의 표현력 향상을 위한 교육적인 도움 기능을 갖추고 있다. 이를 위해 우리는 학습자의 미숙한 표현을 이해하는 통계 기반의 언어 이해 모듈, 도메인 확장성이 뛰어난 예제 기반 대화 관리 모듈, 교육 및 평가 기능을 개발하였다.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 2010

In this paper, we present an Example-based Dialogue System for English conversation tutoring. It aims to provide intelligent one-to-one English conversation tutoring instead of old fashioned language education with static multimedia materials. This system can understand poor expressions of students and it enables green hands to engage in a dialogue in spite of their poor linguistic ability, which gives students interesting motivation to learn a foreign language. And this system also has educational functionalities to improve the linguistic ability. To achieve these goals, we have developed a statistical natural language understanding module for understanding poor expressions and an example-based dialogue manager with high domain scalability and several effective tutoring methods.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.321-332
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• 2021

This study developed an English conversation learning program using virtual reality(VR) and mobile devices. Participants learned and practiced English conversational patterns in immersive virtual reality and mobile conditions. In the program, participants learned and practiced nine conversational patterns with virtual characters in four steps. Language anxiety and conversational fluency were measured to examine the effects of this program. Language anxiety questionnaire was administered before and after the experiment. The results showed that language anxiety was significantly reduced after learning in both conditions, and the reduction waa significantly greater in the immersive condition. Conversational fluency was assessed based on the changes in the length, appropriateness, and accuracy of the responses before and after participants learned and practiced conversational episodes. The results showed that the length, appropriateness, and accuracy of the responses were improved in both conditions after learning. The response length was significantly longer in the immersive VR conditions. These results suggest that immersive VR can be an effective tool to enhance English conversational abilities.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.22-27
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• 2010

최근 국가적 차원에서 영어교육에 대한 많은 투자가 이루어지고 있으나 기존의 주입식, 암기식 영어 교육은 회화 실력 향상에 큰 도움을 주지 못하였다. 컴퓨터를 이용한 영어교육 또한 많은 관심을 얻고 있으나 실제 의사소통을 위한 회화 학습에 대한 고려는 깊지 않으며, 주어진 흐름의 대본을 따라 단순히 읽고 반복하는 수준의 시스템만 존재하고 있다. 이러한 학습형태는 흥미 유발 동기가 약하여 사용자로 하여금 장기간 꾸준히 학습하게 만들지 못한다는 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제점에 대하여 제2언어 습득 이론에 바탕을 둔 자연어 처리 기반 몰입 환경 영어 교육 시스템을 제안한다. 이는 도메인 확장성이 뛰어난 예제 기반 대화 시스템을 3 차원 가상공간과 결합한 시스템으로 자연스러운 대화를 통한 외국어 회화 연습을 하는 과정에서 학습자의 발화 오류를 분석하고 교육적 피드백을 제공한다. 또한 현실과 비슷한 몰입 환경에서 체험형 기술을 통해 자발적인 학습을 유도하고 집중력, 기억력을 획기적으로 높이고자 한다. 본 논문에서는 영어교육 시스템의 이론적 배경, 예제 기반 대화관리, 시스템 구성요소와 동작에 대하여 중점적으로 기술하였다.

• Digital Contents
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• no.5 s.48
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• pp.87-87
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• 1997

솔빛(대표 박현제)에서 개발한 '이것이 여행영어다'는 해외 여행을 즐겁게 하기 위해 필요한 여행관련 어휘들로 구성되어 있다. 즉 외국 생활에서 터득한 살아있는 미국영어 가운데 해외 여행자를 위해 꼭 필요한 내용만을 뽑아 재구성한 실용적인 영어학습 타이틀로서 본격적인 애니메이션 영어회화 타이틀로 획기적인 인기를 끌고 있는 '이것이 미국영어다' 시리즈 중 하나이다.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.395-411
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to explore the elementary English conversation instructors' perception on their professionalism and the needs of teacher training program. The survey data were attained from 136 elementary English conversation instructors. Descriptive statistics were employed to discuss the result of the survey response. The results of this study revealed that the elementary English conversation instructors perceived the need of in-service training program for their professionalism improvement, especially in teaching techniques for four language skills. The result also revealed that the instructors need to be more equipped with the knowledge of elementary learners' developmental psychology and L2 learning process. The study concludes with several suggestions for elementary English conversation instructors' improvement of teaching professionalism and in-service training program.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.119-130
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• 2020

This study developed an English conversation learning program in immersive virtual reality (VR) environments and compared its effects with non-immersive VR environment using a computer monitor. The effects of the program was assessed using language anxiety and learning achievement. The results indicated that students' language anxiety decreased significantly after learning English conversation in VR environment, but there was no difference between immersive and non-immersive VR. The two VR conditions also produced similar learning outcomes. Future research on immersive VR need to address cyber sickness problems and develop effective learning contents in order to realize its potential for learning.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.161-168
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• 2000

In the 21st century, we need to educate students who can perform their learning activity by themselves through free investigation and gathering information instead of providing a piece of knowledge to them directly. It is suggested that we should use Internet to bring up students who have the ability to study self-directedly. In this study, we designed a virtual English conversation class and implemented it using Web and DBMS to improve the students' self-directed learning ability who study English conversation in high school.