The Centre for Language and Migration (CLM) is currently entering the final stage of the KIDS research project. While the goal for the technical partners is to develop an operational speech recogniser for children between 5 and 15 years old, the CLM's role is to explore the possibilities of the use of speech recognition by preliterate children for operating learning tools. How do children deal with speech recognition technology ? Does speech recognition offer an additional value in relation to language learning ? In order to answer these questions the CLM developed a task-based multimedia application for 5-8 year old children which was used in two experiments. A first experiment focused on the children's reactions to the application; a second experiment probed the learning effects of a number of parallel learning situations. The data are currently being analysed.
Cite as: Devlieger, M. (1998) The applicability of speech recognition in the context of task-based language learning for young children. Proc. ETRW on Speech Technology in Language Learning (STiLL), 187-189
@inproceedings{devlieger98_still,
author={Mieke Devlieger},
title={{The applicability of speech recognition in the context of task-based language learning for young children}},
year=1998,
booktitle={Proc. ETRW on Speech Technology in Language Learning (STiLL)},
pages={187--189}
}