This article describes the CALST project, in which the primary aim is to develop Ville-N, a CAPT system for learners of Norwegian as a second language. Since there is no accepted pronunciation standard in Norwegian, the system uses four dialects (represented by one male and one female speaker each). Ville-N makes use of L1-L2map, a tool for multi-lingual contrastive analysis, to generate a list of expected pronunciation problems. These can be used to tailor pronunciation and listening exercises. The tool can also be used for other target languages. We propose L1-L2map as a collaborative tool for the CAPT community.
Index Terms. CAPT, Ville-N, Norwegian, dialects, multi-lingual contrastive analysis, L1-L2map
Cite as: Husby, O., Øvregaard, Å., Wik, P., Bech, Ø., Albertsen, E., Nefzaoui, S., Skarpnes, E., Koreman, J. (2011) Dealing with L1 background and L2 dialects in Norwegian CAPT. Proc. Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2011), 133-136
@inproceedings{husby11_slate,
author={Olaf Husby and Åsta Øvregaard and Preben Wik and Øyvind Bech and Egil Albertsen and Sissel Nefzaoui and Eli Skarpnes and Jacques Koreman},
title={{Dealing with L1 background and L2 dialects in Norwegian CAPT}},
year=2011,
booktitle={Proc. Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2011)},
pages={133--136}
}