L2TOR


L2TOR (pronounced ‘el tutor’) is the abbreviation of a research project, called Second Language Tutoring using Social Robots, which was funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme. The project ran from January 1st, 2016 until December 31st, 2018....
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Researchers & Professionals


The L2TOR project addressed the following four objectives: 1- Study the science and technology of social robots for second language tutoring with children in a preschool setting. The outcome of this objective is the demonstration of an embodied digital learning environment...
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General public

Second language learning has become an important element of formal education for many children in Europe and beyond. For some children, the language used at school is a second language (noted as L2), as they speak a different language or dialect at home. This not only holds for immigrant children.... Read more...

Consortium

The L2TOR consortium in 2018

Plymouth University (PLYM): Prof. Tony Belpaeme, Dr. Paul Baxter, James Kennedy and Dr. Fotios Papadopoulos

Tilburg University (TiU): Dr. Paul Vogt, Prof. Emiel Krahmer, Mirjam de Haas, Bram Willemsen, Jan de Wit and Pieter Wolfert

University of Bielefeld (UNIBI): Prof. Stefan Kopp, Kirsten Bergmann, Thorsten Schodde and Laura Hoffman

University of Utrecht (UU): Prof. Paul Leseman, Dr. Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz, Dr. Sanne van der Ven, Dr. Josje Verhagen and Rianne van den Berghe.

Koç University (KOC): Prof. Aylin Küntay, Dr. Tilbe Göksun, Cansu Oranc, Dr. Junko Kanero, İdil Franko and Sümeyye Koşkulu

Aldebaran Robotics (ALD): Dr. Amit Kumar Pandy, Rodolphe Gelin, Alexandre Mazel, Emile Kroeger and Jean-Marc Montanier

QBMT: Mr Tommy Deblieck, Mr Fabrice Goffin and Nathalie Vanhaecke