Automation of oral reading assessment and of feedback in a reading tutor is a very challenging task. This paper describes our research aiming at developing such automated systems. First topic is the recording and annotation of CHOREC, the Flemish database of children’s oral reading we develop in order to characterize oral reading processes statistically. Next, we propose a classification of bot...

This paper describes the development of a new Test of Child Speechreading (ToCS) that was specifically designed to be suitable for use with deaf children. Speechreading is a skill which is required for deaf children to access the language of the hearing community. ToCS is a child-friendly, computer-based, speechreading test that measures speechreading (silent lipreading) at three psycholinguist...

Of all medieval Jewish philosophers after Maimonides, the one whose legal thinking is most constitutional was Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben of Girona, known by the acronym Ran (Rabbenu Nissim). He was born in about 1310 and died in 1376. He lived, taught, and judged in Barcelona, then part of the Crown of Aragon. A prolific writer, he authored a celebrated commentary on Rabbi Isaac Alfasi’s Sefer ha-...

Vehbi-i Yemanî’nin Kitâb-ı Rûhânî Fî Şerh-i Mesnevî-i Muhtasar-ı Nûrânî adlı eseri, Mevlana’nın Mesnevi-i Manevi’si üzerine XVII. yüzyılda yazılmış manzum-mensur karışık yapıda bir şerhtir. Eser, “Padişah ve Hasta Cariye” hikâyesinin de bölümünü kapsayan, Mesnevi’nin ilk 143 beytinin şerhini içermektedir. Bu yönüyle şerh tasnifleri sınıfında bölümüne yapılan Türkçe şerhler arasına dâhil edilebi...

This paper outlines recent developments in pedagogical software resources at the CNMAT. We describe the Max/MSP/Jitter Depot: an organized system where software can be stored and shared. The Depot offers a wide range of support and includes basic programming tips, modular programming units for copy and paste, interactive tutorials on all aspects of computer music, and functioning musical works ...

Maimonides (1135-1204) wrote extensively on moral philosophical matters. In his three main works, the Commentary on the Mishnah, the Mishneh Torah, and the Guide of the Perplexed, he developed a far-reaching ethical system which is Aristotelian and yet is also greatly dependent upon the Rabbinic tradition. In this paper it is argued that Maimonides presents an effective synthesis of these appar...