Gold’s original paper on inductive inference introduced a notion of an optimal learner . Intuitively, a learner identifies a class of objects optimally iff there is no other learner that: requires as little of each presentation of each object in the class in order to identify that object, and, for some presentation of some object in the class, requires less of that presentation in order to iden...

this study investigated the effect of applying the dynamic system theory (dst) and cognitive linguistics (cl) insights into grammar instruction on efl learners’ learning of english prepositions and learner autonomy. sixty iranian efl learners at the lower-intermediate level of language proficiency were randomly assigned to 1 experimental and 1 control group. the 2 groups filled out an autonomy ...

in the process of english learning, each learner has his/her own attitude towards learning. in this path, s/he should feel free to be responsible for what s/he wants and seeks to learn which shows how autonomous the learner is. this study is based on the hypotheses that there is a relationship between what the learner feels towards english language learning and his/her level of autonomy. for th...

Learner corpora collect the language produced by people learning their first or a second language. Natural Language Processing (NLP) deals with the representation and the automatic analysis and generation of human language. The two thus overlap in the representation and automatic analysis of learner language, which constitutes the topic of this chapter. As such, the chapter focuses on one of th...

This paper describes a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in a ubiquitous computing environment. The environment, called TANGO (Tag Added learNinG Objects) system, detects the objects around the learner using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, and provides the learner the right information for language learning. This system supports learning in daily life with PDA (personal dig...

intercultural comeptence was ignored in foreign language didactics for a long time. modern studies reveal that if we do not pay attention to this important competency, acquisition of language comeptence will not be stable. the new methods of foreign language didactics are based on intercultural communication. they not only use the target culture as a suitable means for language acquisition but ...

From applied linguistic point of view, the fundamental question facing the language teachers, methodologists and course designers is which procedure is more effective in FL/SL: learning to use or using to learn? Definitely, in order to be a competent language user, knowledge of language system is necessary, but it is not sufficient to be a successful language user. That is why there was a gradu...

Abstract: This paper focuses on a communicative language-learning environment between a native speaker and a learner using a videoconference system. This paper describes Viclle (Video-based Communicative Language Learning System) that supports both a teacher and a learner. A teacher (a native speaker) can correct a recorded video with Viclle. This paper also describes VCML (Video-based Correcti...