Error Diagnosis and Error Correction in CALL

Authors

Editorial

Introduction to the special issue.

Trude Heift, Simon Fraser University

Trude Heift is an Assistant Professor in the Linguistics Department and the Director of the Language Learning Centre at Simon Fraser University. Her research areas are in CALL, Computational Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics. Her main interests are in ICALL, human-computer interaction, feedback, student modeling, and error analysis. Currently, she is working on learner feedback and exploring different help options in ICALL systems.
Mathias Schulze, University of Waterloo

Mathias Schulze’s research focus is the application of linguistic theory to CALL. He received his Ph.D. in Language Engineering (CALL and German Linguistics) at UMIST in Manchester/England. He has published on language technology in CALL and the acquisition of grammar through CALL. Currently, he is working on the computational implementation of German grammar, computerized adaptive language testing, and the online teaching and learning of German. He is an Assistant Professor of German in the Dpartment of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo.

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