scholarly journals An AI Framework to Teach English as a Foreign Language: CSIEC

AI Magazine ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyou Jia
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Dialogue System ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Web Based ◽  
English Classes ◽  
English Instruction

CSIEC (Computer Simulation in Educational Communication), is not only an intelligent web-based human-computer dialogue system with natural language for English instruction, but also a learning assessment system for learners and teachers. Its multiple functions—including grammar-based gap filling exercises, scenario show, free chatting and chatting on a given topic—can satisfy the various requirements for students with different backgrounds and learning abilities. After a brief explanation of the conception of our dialogue system, as well as a survey of related works, we will illustrate the system structure, and describe its pedagogical functions with the underlying AI techniques in detail such as NLP and rule-based reasoning. We will summarize the free Internet usage within a six month period and its integration into English classes in universities and middle schools. The evaluation findings about the class integration show that the chatting function has been improved and frequently utilized by the users, and the application of the CSIEC system on English instruction can motivate the learners to practice English and enhance their learning process. Finally, we will conclude with potential improvements.

An Intelligent Web-Based Human-Computer Interaction System with Natural Language CSIEC and its Integration into English Instruction

2011 ◽  
pp. 614-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyou Jia
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Dialogue System ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
English Class ◽  
English Instruction

Computer Simulation in Educational Communication (CSIEC), is not only an intelligent Web-based human-computer dialogue system with natural language for English instruction, but also a learning assessment system for learners and teachers. Its multiple functions including grammar gap filling exercises, talk show, and free chatting or chatting on a given topic can satisfy the various needs from the students. This chapter will present the CSIEC system and its integration into English instruction with pilot case studies. At first the computer assisted language learning (CALL) development and research are surveyed to address the need for a virtual interactive chatting partner. Then the underlying theory and architecture of CSIEC are elucidated. This chapter mainly introduces the pedagogical functions in details and explains how to integrate the CSIEC into English class with two pilot studies in middle school, and analyzes the application and evaluation results. At last the lessons learned from the case studies and the further development direction are discussed.

An Intelligent Web-Based Human-Computer Interaction System with Natural Language CSIEC and its Integration into English Instruction

2011 ◽  
pp. 194-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyou Jia
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Educational Communication ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Dialogue System ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
English Class ◽  
English Instruction

Computer Simulation in Educational Communication (CSIEC), is not only an intelligent Web-based human-computer dialogue system with natural language for English instruction, but also a learning assessment system for learners and teachers. Its multiple functions including grammar gap filling exercises, talk show, and free chatting or chatting on a given topic can satisfy the various needs from the students. This chapter will present the CSIEC system and its integration into English instruction with pilot case studies. At first the computer assisted language learning (CALL) development and research are surveyed to address the need for a virtual interactive chatting partner. Then the underlying theory and architecture of CSIEC are elucidated. This chapter mainly introduces the pedagogical functions in details and explains how to integrate the CSIEC into English class with two pilot studies in middle school, and analyzes the application and evaluation results. At last the lessons learned from the case studies and the further development direction are discussed.

The Web-Based Intelligent English Instruction System CSIEC

2014 ◽  
pp. 60-103
Keyword(s):  
Educational Communication ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Instruction System ◽  
System A ◽  
Management Function ◽  
Simulation Functions ◽  
English Instruction ◽  
Web Based System ◽  
The Web

This chapter presents the architecture of Web-based intelligent English instruction system CSIEC (Computer Simulation in Educational Communication) and illustrates its important components with examples: dialogue simulation functions including multiple roles talk show and user participating roles play, vocabulary exercises including crossword, single choice questions and cloze questions, listening, reading comprehension, grammar exercises, reading aloud, individual learner portfolios, collaborative learning, the teacher's management function, feedback, and so on. The system's function of instant feedback to every student and statistical analysis upon all students' responses to question answers characterizes this system as a learner response system. The Web-based system can be browsed not only by the user through traditional personal computers but also through fashionable tablet computers. Besides the Web-based system, a standalone vocabulary learning and assessment system for Windows OS is developed. Its functions are also introduced.

The Design and Implementation of English Instruction in Four High Schools With CSIEC System

2018 ◽  
pp. 438-461
Author(s):  
Jiyou Jia
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
English Instruction

It is an important but complicated issue to investigate the long-term effect of the intelligent Web-based English instruction system CSIEC on students' learning performance with satisfying reliability and validity. This chapter introduces three years' process of the design and implementation of English instruction in four diverse high schools with the CSIEC system (i.e. the integration of CSIEC system into English instruction in four high schools: the project team organization, the survey and user needs analysis before the project implementation, system design, programming and test, the process of CSIEC's integration into English classes, and phase meetings). The management issues of the project were thought to guarantee its successful implementation in four different high schools located in distant provinces in China.

The Design and Implementation of English Instruction in Four High Schools with CSIEC System

2014 ◽  
pp. 104-131
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
English Instruction

It is an important but complicated issue to investigate the long-term effect of the intelligent Web-based English instruction system CSIEC on students' learning performance with satisfying reliability and validity. This chapter introduces three years' process of the design and implementation of English instruction in four diverse high schools with the CSIEC system (i.e. the integration of CSIEC system into English instruction in four high schools: the project team organization, the survey and user needs analysis before the project implementation, system design, programming and test, the process of CSIEC's integration into English classes, and phase meetings). The management issues of the project were thought to guarantee its successful implementation in four different high schools located in distant provinces in China.

scholarly journals THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF WEB-BASED LEARNING ASSESSMENT IN OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Yang Xiaotang ◽  
Rehati Nuersan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Education Assessment ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Radio And Television University ◽  
The Web

Learning assessment is defined as assessment and evaluation of the learners' learning activities, process and outcomes. In recent years, as the Internet access is increasingly available, a majority of distance education providers in China have succeeded in delivering programs and support services through modern communications technology, in particular, the Internet. However, as far as the education assessment mode is concerned, the conventional paper-pencil test or endof-course assessment is still overwhelmingly employed for measuring learning outcomes. Therefore, the exploration of web-based learning assessment mode is not only the practical need for conducting open distance instruction and assessment reform at China Central Radio and Television University (CRTVUS), but also has become a hot research topic in the whole sphere of distance education. Under this circumstance, the Examination Center in CCRTVU began to show research interests in exploring web-based assessment mode. As a consequence, in 2005, the Center applied for and launched research project "Practice and research on web-based learning assessment in open and distance education", which is approved by Ministry of Education as a key project program of 2005. This article reports the important research contents of the project. This article first describes the core achievements of the project-namely, design and implementation of the web-based assessment system, principles in creating assessment scheme for the mode, and the mechanism. Then it moves on to report feedback from the pilot population about the application of the web-based learning assessment mode in the two semesters of year 2005. The article ends with the discussion of innovations the research has made.

An Innovative Approach for Assisting Teachers in Improving Instructional Strategies via Analyzing Historical Assessment Data of Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Chen Cheng ◽  
Hui-Chun Chu ◽  
Bang-Min Shiue
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Concept Model

Identifying learning problems of students has been recognized as an important issue for assisting teachers in improving their instructional skills or learning design strategies. The accumulated assessment data provide an excellent resource for achieving this objective. However, most of conventional testing systems only record students' test results, which are not helpful to teachers in realizing students' learning problems without further assistance. To cope with this problem, in this study, an innovative approach that combines a student concept model and the change mining mechanism is proposed to analyze the learning problems of students from their historical assessment data. The teachers received the analysis results and then used those suggestions to improve their instructional strategies. To evaluate the performance of the proposed approach, a web-based learning assessment system has been developed and an experiment has been conducted on an “Introduction to Computers” course in a university. The experimental results showed that, those analysis results provided by the innovative approach were helpful to the teachers in providing appropriate instructional assistance and remedial learning materials for improving the learning achievements of the students.

The Web-Based Intelligent English Instruction System CSIEC

2019 ◽  
pp. 1428-1472
Author(s):  
Jiyou Jia
Keyword(s):  
Educational Communication ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Instruction System ◽  
System A ◽  
Management Function ◽  
Simulation Functions ◽  
English Instruction ◽  
Web Based System ◽  
The Web

This chapter presents the architecture of Web-based intelligent English instruction system CSIEC (Computer Simulation in Educational Communication) and illustrates its important components with examples: dialogue simulation functions including multiple roles talk show and user participating roles play, vocabulary exercises including crossword, single choice questions and cloze questions, listening, reading comprehension, grammar exercises, reading aloud, individual learner portfolios, collaborative learning, the teacher's management function, feedback, and so on. The system's function of instant feedback to every student and statistical analysis upon all students' responses to question answers characterizes this system as a learner response system. The Web-based system can be browsed not only by the user through traditional personal computers but also through fashionable tablet computers. Besides the Web-based system, a standalone vocabulary learning and assessment system for Windows OS is developed. Its functions are also introduced.

Web-Based Peer and Self-Assessment System Design and Development for Elementary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet EMIN KORTAK
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
User Friendly

This research aimed at designing and improving the web-based integrated peer and self- assessment. WesPASS (web-based peer-assessment system), developed in this research, allows students to assess their own or their peers’ performance and project assignments and to report about the result of these assessments so that they correct their assignments. This study employed design-based research. The participants included 102 fourth grade primary school students and their 4 teachers from 2 state and 2 private primary schools in Ankara, Kecioren (Turkey) who employed the system and were engaged in a questionnaire survey to assess its quality. The findings were analyzed through quantitative data analysis. The findings revealed that the system can be used by elementary school students for peer and self-assessment system. The participants stated that WesPASS is simple and user-friendly, and it accelerates the assessment process by employing information technology and allows to share opinions 

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