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Akhlaghi, Elham; Baczkowska, Anna; Berthelsen, Harald; Bédi, Branislav; Chua, Cathy; Cucchiarini, Catia; Habibi, Hanieh; Horváthová, Ivana; Hvalsøe, Pernille; Lotz, Roy; Maizonniaux, Christèle; Chiaráin, Neasa Ní; Rayner, Manny; Tsourakis, Nikos; Yao, Chunlin – Research-publishing.net, 2021
A popular idea in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is to use multimodal annotated texts, with annotations typically including embedded audio and translations, to support L2 learning through reading. An important question is how to create the audio, which can be done either through human recording or by a Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Computer Assisted Instruction, Audio Equipment, Comparative Analysis
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Bédi, Branislav; Bernharðsson, Haraldur; Chua, Cathy; Guðmarsdóttir, Birgitta Björg; Habibi, Hanieh; Rayner, Manny – Research-publishing.net, 2020
We describe how the open-source Learning and Reading Assistant (LARA) platform was used to convert a classic Old Norse text, the "Völuspá," into an interactive online form. The LARA version includes high-quality recorded audio, translations, notes on key words and phrases, an automatically generated concordance, and links to other online…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Indo European Languages, Audio Equipment, Translation
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Chiaráin, Neasa Ní – Research-publishing.net, 2022
"An Corpas Cliste" ('Clever Corpus') is an Irish language learner corpus. The corpus data comes from a purpose-built intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (iCALL) platform called "An Scéalaí" ('the Storyteller') and comprises both audio and text, produced by second and third level learners of Irish. Metadata (e.g. L1,…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Irish, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Bédi, Branislav; Chua, Cathy; Habibi, Hanieh; Martinez-Lopez, Ruth; Rayner, Manny – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This paper presents a brief overview of LARA (Learning And Reading Assistant), an open source online tool that has been under development since summer 2018. LARA currently contains a corpus of about 25 texts in ten languages and a crowdsourcing model used to expand the corpus. The central goal is to provide support for improving second language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Indo European Languages, Computational Linguistics, Reading Comprehension
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Todirascu, Amalia; Cargill, Marion – Research-publishing.net, 2019
We present SimpleApprenant, a platform aiming to improve French L2 learners' knowledge of Multi Word Expressions (MWEs). SimpleApprenant integrates an MWE database annotated with the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) level and several Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools: a spelling checker, a parser, and a set of…
Descriptors: French, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Volodina, Elena; Borin, Lars – Research-publishing.net, 2012
This paper reports on the ongoing international project "System architecture for ICALL" and the progress made by the Swedish partner. The Swedish team is developing a web-based exercise generator reusing available annotated corpora and lexical resources. Apart from the technical issues like implementation of the user interface and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Swedish, Open Source Technology, Web Based Instruction