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Download full textMuhammad Mooneeb Ali; Ahmed M. Alaa; Wael Alharbi; Issa Al Qurashi – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2025
Machine and prompt-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning has made significant evolution profusely. In education, it has revitalized researchers and educators to scout out subsequent advantages for optimizing learning results. Chiefly, Generative AI has exhibited substantial potential as a tool for language augmentation. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Direct linkZhihong Xu; Kausalai Wijekumar; Qing Wang; Robin Irey; Hua Liang – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Underdeveloped reading comprehension skills can limit academic success; a particular challenge for English language learners (ELLs). The current study investigated whether a web-based text structure strategy, delivered via the Intelligent Tutoring of Structure Strategy (ITSS) program to adult Chinese ELLs, improved students' use of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Instruction
Linking Text Readability and Learner Proficiency Using Linguistic Complexity Feature Vector Distance
Chen, Xiaobin; Meurers, Detmar – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
How can we identify authentic reading material that matches the learner's proficiency and fosters their language development? Traditionally, this involves assigning a one-dimensional label to the text that identifies the grade or proficiency level of the learners that the text is intended for. Such an approach is inadequate given that both the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Readability
Smith, E. Halle; Hollander, John; Graesser, Art C.; Sabatini, John; Hu, Xiangen – English Teaching, 2021
Facing the demands of the pandemic and distance learning, English learners require educational technologies that are accessible, engaging, and effective. Meeting these demands requires educational technology developers to consider learners' sociocultural contexts. Learning theories can be applied to meet individuals' needs to optimize chances for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xu, Zhihong; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lin, Shuqiong; Yang, Xinyuan; Nan, Bo – Reading Psychology, 2022
The difficulties with developing high-order reading comprehension skills negatively impact academic success across fields. The current study investigated whether the text structure strategy instruction, delivered through the Intelligent Tutoring of Structure Strategy (ITSS) to adult English learners as a foreign language (EFL), can improve reading…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dascalu, Mihai; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Soto, Christian M.; Allen, Laura K.; Dai, Jianmin; Guerrero, Tricia A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
iSTART is a web-based reading comprehension tutor. A recent translation of iSTART from English to Spanish has made the system available to a new audience. In this paper, we outline several challenges that arose during the development process, specifically focusing on the algorithms that drive the feedback. Several iSTART activities encourage…
Descriptors: Spanish, Reading Comprehension, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Eom, Soojeong – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Learning vocabulary and understanding texts present difficulty for language learners due to, among other things, the high degree of lexical ambiguity. By developing an intelligent tutoring system, this dissertation examines whether automatically providing enriched sense-specific information is effective for vocabulary learning and reading…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
Yang, Yu-Fen; Hung, Ya-Chen – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine readers' comprehension as they develop their mental representation of reference in four sequential online texts. A total of 92 college students from three reading classes were recruited to complete the following steps in each text: (1) identify references, (2) draw the relationships between references, and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, College Students
Nara, Hiroshi – Foreign Language Publications, 2001
This book provides essays designed to support informed classroom and curricular decisions. It aims to dispel some of the misunderstandings about Japanese language instruction and introduce the intellectual inquires we are making in the field. Eleven chapters are included: (1) Development of Kanji Knowledge Among Adult JFL Learners; (2)…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Japanese, Second Language Instruction
