When the main character of a kids TV show can both listen and respond to viewers by using advances in artificial intelligence, youngsters learn more from the program. That’s what my colleagues and I ...

says ‘tuh-raining’ instead of ‘training.’) None of the villains in the sample studied seemed to speak Standard American English; when they did speak with an American accent, it was always in regional ...

Since English is the second language in the country and is widely used, it is imperative to learn it, especially for children, since they will be exposed to it on a global scale. Even if the parents' ...

This research is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1906321 and No. 2115382. Production of the conversational episodes is supported by the Corporation for ...