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IMCSIT
2010
13 years 1 months ago
German subordinate clause word order in dialogue-based CALL.
We present a dialogue system for exercising the German subordinate clause word order. The pedagogical methodology we adopt is based on focused tasks: the targeted linguistic struct...
Magdalena Wolska, Sabrina Wilske
CE
2007
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13 years 3 months ago
Reusable, lifelike virtual humans for mentoring and role-playing
Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...
Edward M. Sims
AIEDU
2007
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13 years 3 months ago
A Study of Feedback Strategies in Foreign Language Classrooms and Tutorials with Implications for Intelligent Computer-Assisted
This paper presents two new corpus-based studies of feedback in the domain of teaching Spanish as a foreign language, concentrating on the type and frequency of different feedback ...
Anita Ferreira, Johanna D. Moore, Chris Mellish
EMNLP
2008
13 years 4 months ago
Mention Detection Crossing the Language Barrier
While significant effort has been put into annotating linguistic resources for several languages, there are still many left that have only small amounts of such resources. This p...
Imed Zitouni, Radu Florian