scholarly journals Automated Writing Support for Swedish Learners

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Getman
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Neural Models ◽  
Word Sequence ◽  
Grammatical Analysis ◽  
Automated Feedback ◽  
Swedish Text

This paper describes a tool developed for lexical and grammatical analysis of Swedish text and providing automated feedback for language learners. The system looks for words and word sequences that are likely to contain errors and suggests how to correct them using different non-neural models. The feedback consists of alternative word and word sequence suggestions and morphological features which need to be corrected. Although the system is able to provide reasonable feedback which is believed to be useful for language learners, it still needs further improvements to address the drawbacks such as low precision.

Lost in Between: the Case of Russian Heritage Speakers

2008 ◽  
Vol Volume 6 (6.1 (Spring, 2008)) ◽  
pp. 72-104
Author(s):  
Ludmila Isurin ◽  
Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Heritage Speakers ◽  
Linguistic Performance ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Growing Population

The present paper looks at the growing population of Russian heritage speakers from a linguistic and psycholinguistic perspective. The study attempts to clarify further the notion of heritage language by comparing the linguistic performance of heritage speakers with that of monolinguals and second language learners. The amount of exposure to L1/L2, the age at which immigration to the U.S. occurred, degree of literacy in Russian, and metalinguistic awareness were among the sociolinguistic factors considered in the present study. The qualitative in-group and cross-group analyses revealed syntactic and morphological features that characterize Russian as a heritage language. The performance of heritage speakers on the narrative task differed from that of Russian monolinguals and American learners of Russian.

scholarly journals Lost in Between: The Case of Russian Heritage Speakers

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-103
Author(s):  
Ludmila Isurin ◽  
Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Heritage Speakers ◽  
Linguistic Performance ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Growing Population

The present paper looks at the growing population of Russian heritage speakers from a linguistic and psycholinguistic perspective. The study attempts to clarify further the notion of heritage language by comparing the linguistic performance of heritage speakers with that of monolinguals and second language learners. The amount of exposure to L1/L2, the age at which immigration to the U.S. occurred, degree of literacy in Russian, and metalinguistic awareness were among the sociolinguistic factors considered in the present study. The qualitative in-group and cross-group analyses revealed syntactic and morphological features that characterize Russian as a heritage language. The performance of heritage speakers on the narrative task differed from that of Russian monolinguals and American learners of Russian.

scholarly journals ELT in Algeria: The Hegemony of the Teach-to-the-Test Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Smail Benmoussat ◽  
Nabil Djawad Benmoussat
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Grammatical Analysis ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Direct Outcome ◽  
High Stakes Exams ◽  
Communicative Abilities

The late 1970s witnessed the emergence of a widespread movement that expressed its reaction against the approaches and methods which focused too much on the teaching of discrete items. That was clearly stated by applied linguists, teachers and educators who virtually all contended that traditional methods which used translation and systematic grammatical analysis left the language learners little time to practice the spoken language and to enhance their communicative abilities. As a direct outcome of such reaction, a concern developed to make foreign language teaching, not least English “communicative”. Communicative Language Teaching, henceforth CLT, has attracted a worldwide interest. Regrettably, seldom is testing processed “communicatively”; most Algerian EFL teachers prefer to cling tenaciously to the teach-to-the-test approach “principles”. This preference is closely related to the notion of “achievement” which means nothing more than giving the opportunity to the learner to score well on standardized tests and high-stakes exams. This dimension indicates the extent to which the teach-to-the-test approach acts as the “sword of Damocles” hanging over ELT in Algeria converting EFL keep-pace learners into set-the-pace swots.

scholarly journals Ein Beitrag zur Partikelanalyse - Beispiel: doch

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Graefen
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Word Classification ◽  
Word Classes ◽  
Short Explanation ◽  
Morphologische Merkmale

Der deutsche Ausdruck doch dient als Beispiel, an dem Probleme der Wortart-Klassifikation verdeutlicht werden, die besonders die Ausdr*cke ohne lexikalische Bedeutung und ohne morphologische Merkmale betreffen. Die Partikel doch wird meist zumindest als Konjunktion, Adverb und Modalpartikel eingestuft, einige weitere Wortklassen werden diskutiert. Die aktuellen Tendenzen, solche Partikeln aufzuspalten und dadurch ihre Einheit zu zerstören, werden kritisiert. Ich gebe eine kurze Erklärung der grundlegenden Funktion von doch und zeige an authentischen Daten, wie konkrete Verwendungsfälle auch ohne Wortartzuweisung verstanden werden können. Darüber hinaus empfehle ich, auch Sprachlernern den Umgang mit abstrakten Grundbedeutungen der Partikeln zu vermitteln. The German expression doch serves as an example of the problems in word classification, specifically for words without lexical meaning(s) and without morphological features. The particle is commonly treated at least as a conjunction, an adverb, and a modal particle. Some other word classes are discussed. Recent tendencies to split up particles like doch and to thereby destroy their unity are criticised. I will present a short explanation of the basic function of doch and show how to interpret different applications of the word, using authentic examples. In addition, I recommend that one not confuse language learners by telling them to distinguish different word classes, but to show them how to work with abstract semantic functions.

Montmorillonite Dendrites

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Necip Güven ◽  
Rodney W. Pease
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Growth ◽  
Growth Mechanism ◽  
Growth Front ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Dendritic Crystal ◽  
Crystal Growth Mechanism

Morphological features of montmorillonite aggregates in a large number of samples suggest that they may be formed by a dendritic crystal growth mechanism (i.e., tree-like growth by branching of a growth front).

Polymer Morphology Revealed by Staining Techniques

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 340-341
Author(s):  
A. C. Reimschuessel ◽  
V. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Melt ◽  
Nylon 6 ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Negative Staining ◽  
Polymer Morphology ◽  
Crystallizable Polymer ◽  
Staining Techniques ◽  
Long Chain

Staining techniques can be used for either the identification of different polymers or for the differentiation of specific morphological domains within a given polymer. To reveal morphological features in nylon 6, we choose a technique based upon diffusion of the staining agent into accessible regions of the polymer.When a crystallizable polymer - such as nylon 6 - is cooled from the melt, lamellae form by chainfolding of the crystallizing long chain macromolecules. The regions between adjacent lamellae represent the less ordered amorphous domains into which stain can diffuse. In this process the lamellae will be “outlined” by the dense stain, giving rise to contrast comparable to that obtained by “negative” staining techniques.If the cooling of the polymer melt proceeds relatively slowly - as in molding operations - the lamellae are usually arranged in a radial manner. This morphology is referred to as spherulitic.

Morphologies of Nonadherent Al2O3 and Matching Substrate Surfaces

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 524-525
Author(s):  
C. S. Giggins ◽  
J. K. Tien ◽  
B. H. Kear ◽  
F. S. Pettit
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Oxide Scale ◽  
Oxidation Resistance ◽  
Substrate Surface ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Oxide Spallation ◽  
Oxidation Resistant ◽  
Induced Stresses ◽  
Substrate Surfaces

The performance of most oxidation resistant alloys and coatings is markedly improved if the oxide scale strongly adheres to the substrate surface. Consequently, in order to develop alloys and coatings with improved oxidation resistance, it has become necessary to determine the conditions that lead to spallation of oxides from the surfaces of alloys. In what follows, the morphological features of nonadherent Al2O3, and the substrate surfaces from which the Al2O3 has spalled, are presented and related to oxide spallation.The Al2O3, scales were developed by oxidizing Fe-25Cr-4Al (w/o) and Ni-rich Ni3 (Al,Ta) alloys in air at 1200°C. These scales spalled from their substrates upon cooling as a result of thermally induced stresses. The scales and the alloy substrate surfaces were then examined by scanning and replication electron microscopy.The Al2O3, scales from the Fe-Cr-Al contained filamentary protrusions at the oxide-gas interface, Fig. 1(a). In addition, nodules of oxide have been developed such that cavities were formed between the oxide and the substrate, Fig. 1(a).

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