Robots Teach English

AI robots will help elementary school students in Japan learn English starting next year.
The robots can check the pronunciation of the students equally without being swayed one’s intuition.
The education ministry will spend 250 million yen to deploy the robot instructors.
The deficit of the number of teachers who have sufficient knowledge about linguistics is a serious problem in Japan.
It is common that even English teachers cannot speak English fluently.
No students get interested in learning English if they need to attend classes of such teachers.
I am for using the latest technology at school in the aim of supporting the students’ learning.
However, English teachers need to improve their skills more to be a role model for students as an English speaker.

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