The term "design" is being understood more and more as a methodological process, together with its acceptance as the result of such a process. As a process, it is a stage in the courseware engineering life cycle which primarily focuses on rendering the development process more effective and on enhancing the qualities of the finished system,…

Describes the development of a domain model for English article usage which has been implemented within an Intelligent Language Tutoring System. Notes that in order to develop a domain model of a language or an aspect of a language, it is necessary to formalize the native speaker's knowledge in a way that is representationally adequate and…