Subarashii
Encounters in Japanese Spoken Language Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v16i3.361-384Keywords:
Speech Recognition, Spoken Dialogue, Japanese, Authoring System, User Testing and EvaluationAbstract
Automatic speech recognition is used in a system to offer first-level, computer-based exercises in the Japanese language for beginning high school students. Implementing a preprototype version of the Subarashii system identified strengths and limitations of continuous speech recognition technology in supporting open dialogue practice, in which utterance choices are not written on the screen. Lessons learned from this implementation have led to novel methods in the development of materials for computer-based interactive spoken language education.
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Bernstein J., & Franco, H. (1996). Speech recognition by computer. In N. Lass (Ed.), Principles of experimental phonetics. St. Louis: Mosby.
Ehsani F., & Egan, K. (1998). Subarashii: A Japanese ASR system for language learning. Paper presented at the 1998 CALICO meeting. San Diego, CA.
Ehsani, F., Bernstein J., & Najmi A. (forthcoming). Experiments with a voice-interactive system for learning Japanese. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Jorden, E. H., & Lambert R. D. (1991). Japanese language instruction in the United States: Resources, practice, and investment strategy. Washington, D.C.: National Foreign Language Center.
Jorden, E. H., & Noda, M. (1987). Japanese: The spoken language, Parts I, II, III. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Logan, G., & Dobb, F. (1985). Handbook for planning an effective foreign language program. Sacramento, CA: California State Department of Education.
Meador, J., Ehsani, F., Egan, K., & Stokowski, S. (1997). An interactive dialog system for learning Japanese. In Proceedings of the ESCA Workshop on Speech Technology in Language Learning (StiLL 98). Marholmen, Sweden.
Neumeyer, L., Franco, F., Weintraub, M., & Price, P. (1996). Automatic text-independent pronunciation scoring of foreign language student speech. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP-96). Philadelphia, PA.
Omaggio, A. (1993). Teaching language in context. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Shrum, J. L., & Glisan, E. W. (1994). Teacher’s handbook: Contextualized language instruction. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Shirotsuka, O., Kawai, G., Cohen, M., & Bernstein, J. (1992). Performance of speaker-independent Japanese recognizer as a function of training set size and diversity. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP-92). Banff, Canada.
Tohsaku, Y-H. (1994). Yookoso! An invitation to contemporary Japanese. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Unger, J. M., Lorish, F. C., Noda, M., & Wada, Y. (1993). A framework for introductory Japanese language curricula in American high schools and colleges. Washington, D.C.: National Foreign Language Center.
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Bernstein, J., Najmi, A., & Ehsani, F. (2013). Subarashii: Encounters in Japanese Spoken Language Education. CALICO Journal, 16(3), 361-384. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v16i3.361-384
