This paper presents our recent work for participation in the First International Chinese Word Segmentation Bakeoff (ICWSB-1). It is based on a generalpurpose ngram model for word segmentation and a case-based learning approach to disambiguation. This system excels in identifying in-vocabulary (IV) words, achieving a recall of around 96-98%. Here we present our strategies for language model trai...

this study was an attempt to investigate whether teaching critical reading strategies had any significant effect on intermediate efl learners’ vocabulary retention. to fulfill the purpose of this study, 72 male and female students within the age range of 17 to 32 years studying at farzan and farzanegan language schools in tehran at intermediate level were selected from a total number of 114 par...

As known to all, dictation method is an effective way to review and test one’s vocabulary. This paper introduces the theories that support dictation method and the effective strategies for applying it. Besides, this paper also explains how the teachers should do to help the students enhance enthusiasm and confidence for learning, stimulate learning motivation, reduce or eliminate their difficul...