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Cordier, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A renewed focus on foreign language (FL) learning and speech for communication has resulted in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software developed with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). ASR features for FL pronunciation (Lafford, 2004) are functional components of CALL designs used for FL teaching and learning. The ASR features…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction, Validity, Computer Software
Alepis, Efthymios; Virvou, Maria – Online Submission, 2010
Mobile computing facilities may provide many assets to the educational process. Mobile technology provides software access from anywhere and at any time, as well as computer equipment independence. The need for time and place independence is even greater for medical instructors and medical students. Medical instructors are usually doctors that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Dalby, Jonathan; Kewley-Port, Diane – CALICO Journal, 1999
Describes a system, provisionally named Pronto, that uses automatic speech recognition for training pronunciation of second languages in adult learners. Methods are included for developing training in Pronto, and results are presented from evaluating classes of speech recognizers for use in different aspects of pronunciation training. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
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Borras, Isabel – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1993
Reports on the development and evaluation of "Practicing Spoken French," a multimedia HyperCard-based program designed to assess the effects of subtitled video on oral communicative performance of undergraduate students of French. Implications for computer-assisted language learning design and research are suggested. (Contains 31…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
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Cronin, Michael W. – T.H.E. Journal, 1993
Describes the development, implementation, and assessment of an interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) program that used interactive videodisc to teach listening skills. Results of an experimental study with college students at Radford University (Virginia) that tested the effectiveness of the IMI program are discussed, and future applications…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation