Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL)
: Mutta, Maarit; Veivo, Outi
: Hohaus Pascal
Publisher: BRILL
: 2025
: The Language of Digital Education - An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts
: The Language of Education
: 5
: 69
: 69
: 978-90-04-71909-5
: 978-90-04-71911-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004719118_069
: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004719118_069
Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL) is a pedagogical approach that involves the use of social robots as interactive tools in native or non-native language learning contexts. Social robots are autonomous or semi-autonomous agents capable of multimodal interaction (Bartneck et al., 2020). This interaction can include, together with verbal communication, human-like non-verbal features such as gestures and body postures, or robot-specific features such as lights or sounds. Unlike computers or mobile phones, all social robots have a physical body, and can bear a resemblance to humans, mechanical toys, or animals. This embodiment creates a learning environment where language can be used in multimodal interaction and in contact with real-life objects.