Using Web Speech technology with language learning applications

Web Services for Language Resources and Language Technology Applications

In this paper we discuss the application of web service technology to the language technology (LT) and corpus processing domain. Motivated by a host of language technology tools which are wid3ely available but which lack common technical standards for integrating them into language technology applications we discuss the implementation of a web service-based API for web-based processing and acce...

the relationship between using language learning strategies, learners’ optimism, educational status, duration of learning and demotivation

with the growth of more humanistic approaches towards teaching foreign languages, more emphasis has been put on learners’ feelings, emotions and individual differences. one of the issues in teaching and learning english as a foreign language is demotivation. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of language learning strategies, optimism, duration o...

Cross-Language Acoustic Modeling for Macedonian Speech Technology Applications

This paper presents a cross-language development method for speech recognition and synthesis applications for Macedonian language. Unified system for speech recognition and synthesis trained on German language data was used for acoustic model bootstrapping and adaptation. Both knowledge-based and data-driven approaches for source and target language phoneme mapping were used for initial transcr...

Using Speech Analysis Techniques for Language Learning

Speech technology for language tutoring

Language learners are known to perform best in one-on-one interactive situations in which they receive optimal corrective feedback. However, one-on-one tutoring by trained language instructors is costly and therefore not feasible for the majority of language learners. This particularly applies to oral proficiency, which requires intensive tutoring. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) sys...