A Meta Analysis of Research on Using Robot Chat Strategies in English Language Teaching and Learning

Abstract

      This study aims to investigate the general trends, describe and focus on the studies on robot chat studies in English language teaching and learning, and investigates the publication type, design of studies, skills and areas, the participants of the study, the effectiveness of robot chat, the design of studies, the gender of participants, year of publication, the length of the text and the type of robot chat. The study used a meta analysis research design in data collection and analysis. The sample of the study consisted of 50 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and graduate theses and dissertations published between 2000 and 2023. The instrument of the study was a meta analysis checklist. The descriptive statistics including frequencies and percentages were used to find if there were differences between the different features. The findings of the study showed that the journal article had the highest frequency in research on the use of robot chat. Conference proceedings received the second highest frequency, while the thesis had the lowest frequency. The control/ experimental pre/post-test design had the highest frequency in research for the design of the studies related toresearch on the use of robot chat strategies. Experimental and descriptive designs had the highest frequency, and vocabulary had the highest recurrence in research studies using robot chat strategies in teaching and learning. ESL learners scored the highest frequency compared with the research on the use of robot chat strategies in teaching and learning English. The undergraduate level had the highest repetition rate, while school had the lowest. The number of participants “15 and over” had the highest frequency, while 1-14 had the lowest. The robot chat was more effective than other methods of research in teaching and learning English. Females had the highest frequency in research on the use of robot chat strategies in teaching and learning English, while males had the lowest frequency. The period 2021-2023 had the highest frequency by females on searching the use of robot chat strategies in teaching and learning English, while the period 2000-2005 had the lowest frequency. Texts ranging between 11-20 pages (5.001–10.000 words) had the highest frequency

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in research on the use of robot chat strategies in teaching and learning English, while the texts that are over 30 pages (more than 15000 words) had the lowest frequency. Google Dialogflow, on the other hand, had the highest frequency, and finally, the voice chat had the highest frequency.