Touch the page and mimic me: Evaluation of a talking-pen learning tool

摘要

The purpose of this p aper is to evaluate the talking-pen device called the Mimic Me, an educational technology product of a large English conversation school in Japan, as an educational learning tool. The product will be reviewed in terms of its developmental appro- priateness for the target audience based on current research. Although the Mimic Me uses behaviorist learning theories to teach vocab- ulary and short phrases, it could be further enhanced to live up to its full potential as a learning tool. The author proposes alternative ways that the product could be used, as well as p ossible design modifications that would improve the effectiveness of the product.