This demonstration paper introduces GenieTutor a computer assisted secondlanguage learning system using spoken dialog processing technology. GenieTutor plays the role of a language (English at present) tutor by automatically correcting grammar and checking content properness of the learners’ responses, and giving educational feedbacks to learners. The speech recognition system is optimized for ...

In the present paper, we investigated the acquisition of three English sentence types, statements (S), absolute yes-no questions (AQ), and declarative questions (DQ), by L1 Spanish-L2 English adult speakers. Learners of English must acquire not only the syntactic and intonational cues that distinguish AQs from DQs, but also the pragmatic distinction between the two. Participants completed two p...

This volume brings together work by researchers who examine the nature of language learning but who normally do not publish in the same journals, go to the same conferences, or consider themselves as working in the same field (e.g., second-language acquisition). Yet they share common questions, such as: How do the resources that learners of a new language bring to the task affect learning, and ...

In this paper, we describe the effects of using KitBuild concept mapping (KB-mapping) method as a technologyenhanced support for the Reading Comprehension (RC) in English as Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. RC is a process that helps learners to become a more effective and efficient reader. It is an intentional, active and interactive activity that language learners experience in their daily wo...

Distance learners in traditional online exercise and tutoring systems often get stuck with questions for which they need the help of a tutor or colleague. Learning alone can also be frustrating. In our Communication And Tutoring System CATS we have integrated the possibility to dial up a tutor and/or to setup an immediate group communication with other distance learners using Internet videoconf...

Given the role philosophical mentality can fulfill in bringing individuals the essential skills of wisdom and well thinking, the present paper, by applying Smith’s (2007) theoretical framework, strived to explore the extent philosophic-mindedness exists among the participants. Considering the fact that, a philosophic mind begets philosophical answers, the participants’ philosophical thi...

BACKGROUND We aimed to explore the influence of a motivationally-enhanced instructional design on motivation to learn and knowledge, hypothesizing that outcomes would be higher for the enhanced instructional format. METHODS Medicine residents completed four online learning modules on primary care topics. Using a crossover design, learners were randomized to receive two standard and two motiva...

abstractthis study aimed to determine the relationship between l2 learners' autonomy and their cognitive style focusing on reflectivity. it was conducted with 140 iranian m.a. efl learners from department of english at islamic azad university of najafabad. in order to have a homogeneous sample, the second version of quick placement test (qpt) was administered. then, 85 lower and 50 higher profi...

teacher questions are claimed to be constitutive of classroom interaction because of their crucial role both in the construction of knowledge and the organization of classroom proceedings (dalton puffer, 2007). most of previous research on teachers’ questions mainly focused on identifying and discovering different question types believed to be helpful in creating the opportunities for learners’...

the present study aims at investigating the effect of different levels of lexical collocational density on efl learners’ reading comprehension. eighty sophomore students with different levels of proficiency studying at  zand institute of higher education in shiraz, iran were chosen from among eighty five learners based on their score distribution on a reduced toefl test constructed by education...