Interactive and Meaningful Language Learning using ToV

the relationship between using language learning strategies, learners’ optimism, educational status, duration of learning and demotivation

with the growth of more humanistic approaches towards teaching foreign languages, more emphasis has been put on learners’ feelings, emotions and individual differences. one of the issues in teaching and learning english as a foreign language is demotivation. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the components of language learning strategies, optimism, duration o...

language learning strategies and vocabulary size of iranian efl learners

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...

Modelling Interactive Language Learning:

This paper describes a recently started interdisciplinary research program aiming at investigating and modelling fundamental aspects of the language acquisition process. The working hypothesis assumes that general purpose perception and memory processes, common to both human and other mammalian species, along with the particular context of initial adult-infant interaction, underlie the infant’s...

Concept maps and meaningful learning in medical education

Sprinter: Language Technologies for Interactive and Multimedia Language Learning

Modern language learning courses are no longer exclusively based on books or face-to-face lectures. More and more lessons make use of multimedia and personalized learning methods. Many of these are based on e-learning solutions. Learning via the Internet provides 7/24 services that require sizeable human resources. Therefore we witness a growing economic pressure to employ computer-assisted met...