Automatic Generation of High-Frequency Vocabulary Lists and Level-Adjusted Exemplar Sentences for Non-Native Speakers of English
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This paper reports on the experimetal English classes that the author conducted in the 2010 fiscal year. The material was prepared by combining The Feynman Lectures on Physics (CD-ROM) and Audacity, a freely available sound editor. Students are expected to make a “virtual attendance” to a series of lectures on physics delivered in 1961–63 at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) by Richard Feynman. In this setting, the role of the teacher is to assist the students in their development of listening skills in various ways.
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