In this paper we extend the work done on the two-stage summarisation method described in [1] by focusing on adapting the linguistic component to make it more suited for the summarisation task. In particular we examine methods for adapting the linguistic models (LiM) automatically to improve performance, using either unigram, bi-gram or trigram information from different sources of data. Experim...

This study explores whether discourse markers play a role in L2 listening comprehension and whether software programs make a difference in L2 listening comprehension. Two groups of approximately 25 freshman students listened to two versions of three different talks with and without higher order discourse markers. The talks were delivered by a native speaker, a non-native speaker and by a softwa...