Effects of ASR-based websites on EFL learners’ vocabulary, speaking anxiety, and language enjoyment

A vocabulary deficit negatively affects students’ language performance. Emotions such as speaking anxiety and enjoyment in the English a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom can affect achievements well. We investigated effects of two Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)-based websites, I Love Indonesia (ILI) NovoLearning (NOVO), on knowledge, anxiety, enjoyment. total 232 secondary school students participated our quasi-experimental study. They were divided into three groups: experimental groups received ASR-based intervention (ILI, NOVO), control group attended regular classes. Findings revealed that from (ILI NOVO) significantly outperformed those group: both websites successfully increased knowledge targeted (40 words), reduced level stimulated Additionally, we interviewed 12 these teachers. These qualitative outcomes corroborate quantitative conclusions. Future studies should investigate further benefits skills, especially for long term effects, with in-depth evaluations, this would help teachers to optimally design adapt systems foreign learning.