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This study presents a smart software system named BiTak which employs strict turn-taking to encourage learners to practice speaking skills via a half-duplex dual-lingual video chat using a recording function. BiTak aims to motivate the conversation using two different languages as well as to identify the mutual benefits through this kind of conversation for the need of improving simultaneous bilingual acquisition. The paper also examines the improvement of users using BiTak that is assessed objectively by certified language teachers following the scoring tool named rubric. It is revealed from the results of the experiments that the system brings about the sense of language learning and favorably boost students’ speaking skills.
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The authors greatly thank all subjects who cooperated to our experiments. Especially, we would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Shungo Kawanishi and Ms. Masako Tsutsui who dedicatedly took part in student evaluation process. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP26280126.
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Anh, B.B.H., Nishimoto, K. (2018). A Half-Duplex Dual-Lingual Video Chat to Enhance Simultaneous Second Language Speaking Skill. In: Uskov, V., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Smart Education and e-Learning 2017. SEEL 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59451-4_20
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