The Path of Speech Technologies in Computer Assisted Language Learning (eBook, ePUB)

From Research Toward Practice
Redaktion: Holland, Melissa; Fisher, F. Pete

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection examines the promise and limitations for computer-assisted language learning of emerging speech technologies: speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and acoustic visualization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135901479
• Artikelnr.: 38246010

Autorenporträt

Melissa Holland directs research in multilingual technology at U.S. Army Research Lab, including machine translation, speech recognition, and document image processing. In the area of computer applications for language learning, she has edited a book (Erlbaum) on natural language processing and a special issue of CALICO Journal on speech recognition. F. Pete Fisher is a Senior Electronics Engineer in the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. List of Tables. 1. "The Path of Speech Technologies in CALL: Tracking the Science
" V. Melissa Holland and F. Pete Fisher SECTION I. SAMPLING THE RESEARCH BASE: LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
SPEECH PERCEPTION 2. "Applications of Technology to Language Acquisition Processes: What can Work and Why
" Ray Clifford and Neil Granoien 3. "Applications of Formant Detection in Language Learning
" Pedro Gomez
Agustín Álvarez
Rafael Martínez
Jesús Bobadilla
Jesús Bernal
Víctor Rodellar
and Victoria Nieto SECTION II. ANALYZING NEEDS: THE CASE OF A PRONUNCIATION TUTOR 4. "Perceptual Underpinnings of Automatic Pronunciation Assessment
" Kristin Precoda and Harry Bratt SECTION III. ADAPTING SPEECH TECHNOLOGY: THE EXAMPLES OF VISUALIZATION AND SYNTHESIS 5. "Visualization of Speech Patterns for Language Learning
" Garry Molholt and Fenfang Hwu 6. "Speech Synthesis for Language Tutoring Systems
" Rudolfo Delmonte SECTION IV. DEVELOPING PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS: THE EXAMPLES OF PRONUNCIATION TRAINING AND PROFICIENCY TESTING 7. "Design Features of Three Computer-Based Speech Training Systems
" Jonathan Dalby and Diane Kewley-Port 8. "Logic
Operation
and Validation of a Fully Automatic Spoken English Test
" Jared Bernstein and Jian Cheng SECTION V. EVALUATING SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF A READING TUTOR 9. "4-Month Evaluation of a Learner-controlled Reading Tutor That Listens
" Jack Mostow
Gregory Aist
Cathy Huang
Brian Junker
Rebecca Kennedy
Hua Lan
DeWitt Latimer IV
Rollanda O'Connor
Regina Tassone
and Adam Wierman 10. Aist and Mostow
"Faster
Better Task Choice in a Reading Tutor That Listens
" Jack Mostow and Gregory Aist. Contributors