Title :
Development of a Prompt Translation Practice System for Foreign Language Learning Assisted by ICT and the Evaluation
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Higher Educ., Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-hiroshima, Japan
Abstract :
This study is related to a computer system with audio media to enhance speaking ability of a foreign language. This paper explains the selection logic of a subject for prompt translation and the structure of the subject database. The proposed system was evaluated using the described experiment which demonstrated that users witnessed increased awareness of effectiveness for the system with voice nearly fifty percent higher than that for the system without voice, and so forth.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; language translation; natural languages; ICT; audio media; computer system; foreign language learning; information and communication technology; prompt translation practice system development; speaking ability; subject database; subject selection logic; Communications technology; Computer displays; Computer science education; Information technology; Learning systems; Logic; Multimedia systems; Natural languages; Spatial databases; Tongue; audio media; foreign language learning with ICT (Information and Communication Technology); prompt translation practice; subject selection logic;
Conference_Titel :
Computing in the Global Information Technology, 2009. ICCGI '09. Fourth International Multi-Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, La Bocca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4680-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3751-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCGI.2009.38
