InSTIL/ICALL 2004 Symposium on Computer Assisted Learning June 17-19, 2004 Venice, Italy

ALLES: 'Controlled Language Tools’ and ‘Information Extraction Tools’ for CALL Applications

Paul Schmidt (1), Sandrine Garnier (1), Mike Sharwood (2), Toni Badia (3), Lourdes Díaz (3), Martí Quixal (3), Ana Ruggia (3), Antonio S. Valderrabanos (4), Alberto J. Cruz (4), Enrique Torrejon (5), Celia Rico (5), Jorge Jimenez (5)

(1) IAI, Saarbrücken, Germany; (2) Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK; (3) Dept. of Translation and Philology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; (4) SchlumbergerSema, Madrid, Spain; (5) Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación, Facultad de Comunicación y Humanidades, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain;

This paper describes how mature NLP that has been successfully applied in the area of controlled language checking can be used to deliver intelligent CALL applications. It describes how an autonomous, longdistance 2nd language learning system for advanced learners can be created. The architecture of the system consists of a web-based multimodal user interface, skillspecific learning tools (reading, listening, speaking and writing tool), and a set of NLP-based evaluation tools. All modules are integrated in a flexible software architecture ensuring a user-friendly environment based on advanced concepts in language didactics. The thrust of the project is to show the potential of NLP for automatic evaluation of students’ productions.

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Bibliographic reference.  Schmidt, Paul / Garnier, Sandrine / Sharwood, Mike / Badia, Toni / Díaz, Lourdes / Quixal, Martí / Ruggia, Ana / Valderrabanos, Antonio S. / Cruz, Alberto J. / Torrejon, Enrique / Rico, Celia / Jimenez, Jorge (2004): "ALLES: 'controlled language tools² and ‘information extraction tools² for CALL applications", In ICALL-2004, paper 008.