Development of Simultaneous Conversation Evaluation Program with Electronic Whiteboards in Public Elementary School English Activities

孩子们喜欢在角色扮演游戏（RPG）中与他人交流。此外，他们从未意识到要进行诊断测试。在本研究项目中，与ICT公司Voltec、动画师村田先生、出版商Newton Press共同开发了计算机软件、iPod与RPG的电子板互通系统。RPG系统将课堂上的电子板与iPod连接起来。该游戏的诊断测试测量了学生对课堂上交流内容的理解程度。每个测试和RPG试点版本都是经过三年的音效开发而成的。RPG和测试已经在一些小学进行。对研究数据进行了收集和分析。分析结果的反馈不仅将在日本，也将在世界上的一些学术团体上发表。并根据反馈意见对系统进行了修改和重构，使系统和RPG更好地发挥作用.

Children enjoy communicating with others on the Role Playing Game (RPG). Moreover they are never aware of taking diagnosis tests. The computer software and the system between iPods and the electronic board intercommunication system of RPG have been developed with Voltec, an ICT company, Mr. Murata (the animator) and Newton Press, a publisher, under this research project. RPG system has connected the electronic board in class with iPods. The diagnostic tests on the game measured how much the students understand the communicative contents in class at once.Each test and the RPG pilot version have been developed with the sound effects for three years. The RPG and the test have been carried out at some elementary schools. The research data has been collected and analyzed. The feedback from the analyzed result will be presented at some academic societies not only in Japan, but also in the world. The system is revised and rebuilt with the feedback, to make the system and RPG better.