Over the last several years, speech-based question answering (QA) has become very popular in contrast to pure search engine based approaches on a desktop. Open-domain QA systems are now much more powerful and precise, and they can be used in speech applications. Speech-based question answering systems often rely on predefined grammars for speech understanding. In order to improve the coverage o...

We present TransChat1, an open source, cross platform, Indian language Instant Messaging (IM) application that facilitates cross lingual textual communication over English and multiple Indian Languages. The application is a client-server IM architecture based chat system with multiple Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) engines working towards efficient translation and transmission of message...

This investigation examined the mixed effects of visual input enhancement, explicit instruction, pushed output, and corrective feedback on noticing and intake of English conjunctive adverbs. Participants included 83 intermediate EFL students enrolled in a grammar and writing course. They were assigned to a control group (n = 22), explicit instruction + pushed output + explicit corrective feedba...

Collocation is known as one of the most problematic areas in learning a second language and it seems that if one has tendency to improve his or her communication ability in another language, the elaboration of collocation using competence is among the most important issues. This study investigated the role of implicit input enhancement in teaching grammatical collocations for Iranian EFL learne...

Abstract To probe the limits of attention raising through form-focused instruction, second-language research must adapt to needs a technologically driven learning environment. In this study, we used randomized control design investigate effect captioned media on vocabulary and grammar in L2 Spanish ( n = 369 learners). Through four data-collection sessions, participants were presented with gram...

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