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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2013.271
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-40433
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2013/4043/
Freitas, Tiago ;
Baptista, Jorge ;
Mamede, Nuno
Syntactic REAP.PT: Exercises on Clitic Pronouning
Abstract
The emerging interdisciplinary field of Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) aims to integrate the knowledge from computational linguistics into computer-assisted language learning (CALL). REAP.PT is a project emerging from this new field, aiming to teach Portuguese in an innovative and appealing way, and adapted to each student. In this paper, we present a new improvement of the REAP.PT system, consisting in developing new, automatically generated, syntactic exercises. These exercises deal with the complex phenomenon of pronominalization, that is, the substitution of a syntactic constituent with an adequate pronominal form. Though the transformation may seem simple, it involves complex lexical, syntactical and semantic constraints. The issues on pronominalization in Portuguese make it a particularly difficult aspect of language learning for non-native speakers. On the other hand, even native speakers can often be uncertain about the correct clitic positioning, due to the complexity and interaction of competing factors governing this phenomenon. A new architecture for automatic syntactic exercise generation is proposed. It proved invaluable in easing the development of this complex exercise, and is expected to make a relevant step forward in the development of future syntactic exercises, with the potential of becoming a syntactic exercise generation framework. A pioneer feedback system with detailed and automatically generated explanations for each answer is also presented, improving the learning experience, as stated in user comments. The expert evaluation and crowd-sourced testing positive results demonstrated the validity of the present approach.
BibTeX - Entry
@InProceedings{freitas_et_al:OASIcs:2013:4043,
author = {Tiago Freitas and Jorge Baptista and Nuno Mamede},
title = {{Syntactic REAP.PT: Exercises on Clitic Pronouning}},
booktitle = {2nd Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies},
pages = {271--285},
series = {OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-939897-52-1},
ISSN = {2190-6807},
year = {2013},
volume = {29},
editor = {Jos{\'e} Paulo Leal and Ricardo Rocha and Alberto Sim{\~o}es},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2013/4043},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-40433},
doi = {10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2013.271},
annote = {Keywords: Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL), Portuguese, Syntactic Exercises, Automatic Exercise Generation, Clitic Pronouning}
}
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Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL), Portuguese, Syntactic Exercises, Automatic Exercise Generation, Clitic Pronouning |
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2nd Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies |
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2013 |
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05.06.2013 |