The effects of animated pedagogical agents in an English-as-a-foreign-language learning environment

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-26

  Carlotto, Talvany ^a   Jaques, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animated pedagogical agents; Computer assisted language learning; English as a foreign language

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84978288246     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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