Task-based dialogue systems for language learning
Last updated on
16 March 2021
Photo by Alex Knight on UnsplashDoctoral research project at KU Leuven and UCLouvain. Funded by a SENESCYT scholarship (Ecuador).
Focused on the design and evaluation of task-based dialogue systems (chatbots, conversational agents…) for language learning.
Researcher: Serge Bibauw.
Supervisors: Piet Desmet (itec, KU Leuven) and Thomas François (CENTAL/TeAMM, UCLouvain)
Publications
Serge Bibauw, Wim Van den Noortgate, Thomas François, Piet Desmet
(2022).
Dialogue systems for language learning: a meta-analysis.
Language Learning & Technology, 26(1), 1-24.
Serge Bibauw
(2022).
Learning with conversational AI: Design and effectiveness of dialogue-based computer-assisted language learning.
Doctoral dissertation. KU Leuven.
Serge Bibauw, Thomas François, Piet Desmet
(2022).
Dialogue systems for language learning: chatbots and beyond.
In Ziegler & González-Lloret (Eds), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition & Technology, 121-134.
Serge Bibauw, Thomas François, Piet Desmet
(2019).
Discussing with a computer to practice a foreign language: Research synthesis and conceptual framework of dialogue-based CALL.
Computer Assisted Language Learning, 32(8), 827-877.
Serge Bibauw, Thomas François, Piet Desmet
(2015).
Dialogue-based CALL: an overview of existing research.
Proc. EUROCALL 2015, 57-64.
Events
Frequency of occurrence in output helps predict incidental vocabulary learning
20 March 2023 14:45 — 15:15
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
Inteligencia artificial para el aprendizaje de idiomas: Diseño y efectividad de sistemas de diálogo y chatbots
22 September 2022 19:00 — 20:30
Zoom/YouTube Live
Can we detect short term fluency development after 2 hours of chat with a dialogue system?
4 June 2022 14:40 — 15:10
Renaissance Hotel
Automatizing L2 fluency measurement: validity and developmental sensitivity of temporal fluency metrics variations
18 August 2021 15:10 — 16:40
Online
Desarrollo de la fluidez oral en lengua extranjera: experimento de medición semiautomática de los efectos de aprendizaje
26 November 2019 14:00 — 14:30
Cuenca, Ecuador
Systèmes de dialogue pour l'apprentissage des langues : typologie des systèmes et mesure des effets
21 November 2019 14:00 — 15:00
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Interactivity in dialogue-based CALL practice: effects on learners perceptions and production
29 August 2019 10:00 — 10:30
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Effects of interactivity of written practice on incidental vocabulary
1 July 2019 11:00 — 11:30
Leuven, Belgium
Effects of dialogue-based CALL practice on foreign language learning
10 January 2019 11:00 — 12:30
Kortrijk, Belgium
Dialogue-based CALL: a multilevel meta-analysis
30 November 2018 12:00 — 13:00
Brussels, Belgium
Insights from a multilevel meta-analysis on the effectiveness of dialogue-based CALL
5 July 2018
Bruges, Belgium
“Hey Siri, can I learn English by talking to you?” A meta-analysis of dialogue-based CALL
18 May 2018
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
The effectiveness of dialogue-based CALL on L2 proficiency development: a meta-analysis
18 May 2017
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Instructional design and natural language processing in dialogue-based CALL
11 May 2016
East Lansing, MI, USA