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

Arboretum: Using a Precision Grammar for Grammar Checking in CALL

Emily M. Bender (1), Dan Flickinger (2), Stephan Oepen (3,2), Annemarie Walsh (1), Timothy Baldwin (2)

(1) University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; (2) Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; (3) Universitetet i Oslo, Norway

We present a tutorial system for language learners, using a computational grammar augmented with mal-rules for analysis, error diagnosis, and semantics-centered generation of corrected forms. Corrections are produced using a novel strategy of aligned generation.

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Bibliographic reference.  Bender, Emily M. / Flickinger, Dan / Oepen, Stephan / Walsh, Annemarie / Baldwin, Timothy (2004): "Arboretum: using a precision grammar for grammar checking in CALL", In ICALL-2004, paper 020.