Chatbot learning partners: Connecting learning experiences, interest and competence

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Highlights：

• Students' experiences with chatbots as language learning partners was assessed.

• Interest in Human conversation was the strongest predictor of interest in chatbots.

• Seeing chatbots as an opportunity to “learn-more” was strongly linked to interest.

摘要

•Students' experiences with chatbots as language learning partners was assessed.•Interest in Human conversation was the strongest predictor of interest in chatbots.•Seeing chatbots as an opportunity to “learn-more” was strongly linked to interest.

论文关键词：Chatbots,Language learning,Interest,Longitudinal,Novelty,Educational technology

论文评审过程：Received 7 June 2018, Revised 13 December 2018, Accepted 14 December 2018, Available online 18 December 2018, Version of Record 24 December 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.023