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Chatting with AI Bot: Vocabulary Learning Assistant for Saudi EFL Learners

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  • Reem Alsadoon

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In the AI field of language learning, chatterbots are an interesting area for language learning and practice. This research investigates Arabic EFL vocabulary learning using an interactive storytelling chatterbot. A chatterbot was created and equipped with four vocabulary tools- a dictionary, images, an L1 translation tool, and a concordancer. The target words were enhanced by these tools to provide the learners with interactive comprehensible input. This project seeks to identify which tools are mostly used when EFL learners are practicing English with a chatterbot. It also seeks to determine which tool could help most in vocabulary learning as well as retention. The results of the study indicate that the dictionary is the most favoured and effective tool for vocabulary learning. For retention, the findings uncover that L1 translation is slightly (but insignificantly) higher than the dictionary.

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  • Reem Alsadoon, 2021. "Chatting with AI Bot: Vocabulary Learning Assistant for Saudi EFL Learners," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 14(6), pages 135-135, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:14:y:2021:i:6:p:135
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    1. Antonie Alm & Larian M. Nkomo, 2020. "Chatbot Experiences of Informal Language Learners: A Sentiment Analysis," International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), IGI Global, vol. 10(4), pages 51-65, October.
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