DocumentCode :
538036
Title :
German subordinate clause word order in dialogue-based CALL
Author :
Wolska, Magdalena ; Wilske, Sabrina
Author_Institution :
Comput. Linguistics, Saarland Univ., Saarbrucken, Germany
fYear :
2010
fDate :
18-20 Oct. 2010
Firstpage :
553
Lastpage :
559
Abstract :
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 structure is embedded in a naturalistic scenario, “Making appointments”, in which the structure can be plausibly elicited. We report on the system we built and an experimental methodology which we use in order to investigate whether the computer-based conversational focused task we designed promotes acquisition of the form. Our goal is two-fold: First, learners should improve their overall communicative skills in the task scenario and, second, they should improve their mastery of the structure. In this paper, we present a methodology for evaluating learners´ progress on the latter.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; interactive systems; natural language processing; word processing; German subordinate clause word order; communication skill improvement; computer assisted language learning; computer-based conversational focused task; dialogue system; dialogue-based CALL; linguistic structure; Complexity theory; Grammar; History; Pragmatics; Production; Proposals; Schedules;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Information Technology (IMCSIT), Proceedings of the 2010 International Multiconference on
Conference_Location :
Wisla
ISSN :
2157-5525
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6432-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IMCSIT.2010.5679620
Filename :
5679620
Link To Document :
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