We present a system that automatically turns the pages of the music score for musicians during a performance. It is based on a new algorithm for following an incoming audio stream in real time and aligning it to a music score (in the form of a synthesized audio file). Precision and robustness of the algorithm are quantified in systematic experiments, and a demonstration using an actual page tur...

This paper analyzes the application of methods developed in automatic speech recognition (ASR) to better understand neural activity measured with electrocorticography (ECoG) during the presentation of speech. ECoG data is collected from temporal cortex in two subjects listening to a matrix sentence test. We investigate the relation of ECoG signals and acoustic speech that has been processed wit...

The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (MSRT) English Proficiency Test (EPT) has been in use since 1992. While the MSRT-EPT is generally claimed to be reliable, valid, practical, it does not assess speaking writing skills. In this exploratory study, a qualitative approach was used examine test-takers experiences language education experts’ beliefs about test as well their con...

Listening and reading are indisputably receptive skills that provide learners with language input through the discourse they see or hear. Teaching them separately at University level has many benefits as well stumbling blocks in learning process. Thus, researchers argue for integrating listening into since there is a significant positive correlation between them. Admittedly, present research pl...

Within the context of internationalization, Chinese students are now expected to demonstrate high levels English proficiency in higher education. With increasing emphasis on proficiency, particularly medical programs offered by institutions learning, it is crucial identify students’ motivations learn English. However, motivation as a second language has largely gone unexplored. This research st...

Teaching a language and addressing the need of learners is complex challenging exercise. Language plays prominent role in teaching learning process; however, when it comes to English language, these challenges multiply especially, within classroom context because their diversity choices. The Irony behind lies its global level. seems have many proficiency, competency fluency users who are capabl...

What approach is applied in teaching English single-sex education (SSE) and Islamic boarding schools particular? Some studies report that the language proficiency of Boarding School students remains unimproved. Although it apparent SSE makes teachers apply instructional strategies more readily effectively than mixed-sex groupings, suitability approaches or methods by Schools unanswered. The ord...

This book addresses the need for tests that can diagnose the strengths and weaknesses in learners' developing foreign language proficiency. It presents the rationale for, and research surrounding, the development of DIALANG, a suite of internet-delivered diagnostic foreign language tests funded by the European Commission. The word 'diagnosis' is common in discussions in language education and a...