AnimAlte:Designing AI-Infused Cartoon Videos to Improve Preschoolers' Language Learning with Family Engagement at Home
Shiya Tsang, Ruiyao Miao, Junren Xiao, Hui Xiong

TL;DR
AnimAlte is an AI-powered cartoon video system designed to enhance preschoolers' vocabulary learning through real-time interaction, review, and contextual support, while fostering family engagement at home.
Contribution
This work introduces AnimAlte, a novel AI-infused cartoon video system that provides systematic, multimodal vocabulary learning support and promotes family involvement.
Findings
Parents valued personalized and engaging experiences.
The system fostered collaboration between children and parents.
It encouraged self-reflection on parenting practices.
Abstract
Cartoon videos have proven to be effective in learning vocabulary to preschool children.However, we have little knowledge about integrating AI into cartoon videos to provide systematic, multimodal vocabulary learning support. This late-breaking work present \name{}, an AI-powered cartoon video system that enables real-time Q\&A, vocabulary review, and contextual learning. Preliminary findings contextualized how families interact with \name{} to support vocabulary learning. Parents appreciated the system for its personalized, engaging experiences, fostering collaboration, and encouraging self-reflection on parenting. This study offers valuable design implications for informing future video systems to support vocabulary learning.
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Taxonomy
TopicsChild Development and Digital Technology · Language Acquisition and Education · English Language Learning and Teaching
