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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Language quality"”.
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CHATTER : a spoken language dialogue system for language learning applications
… goal of this thesis is to build a Computer Aided Language Learning game that simulates a casual conversation in Mandarin Chinese. In the envisioned system, users will chat with a computer on topics ranging from relationship status to favorite Chinese dish. I hope to provide learners with more …
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The challenges and risks inherent in Welsh language revitalization and the Cymraeg 2050 Strategic Plan
The new Welsh Language Strategy, Cymraeg 2050 makes dramatic demands upon the resources, infrastructure and policies of Welsh language planning. To bring about the desired increase in Welsh speaker numbers there will need to be a complete rethink of Welsh language policy, and the challenges faced …
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Applying case based reasoning and structural similarity for effective retrieval of expert knowledge from software designs
… actual diagram, such as the domain, programming language, quality and implementation cost. An approach for increasing users’ confidence in automatic class diagram matching by providing explanation is also presented. The findings show that the technique applied here can contribute to industry and …
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Latino students and biliteracy at a university: Literacy histories, agency, and writing
… of university populations, but explicit/implicit language policies often overlook their unique characteristics and needs. The study draws on the continua of biliteracy model (Hornberger, 1989; Hornberger & Sklton-Sylvester, 2000) as well as concepts of language as dialogic (Bakhtin, 1986) to …
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Translationese indicators for human translation quality estimation (based on English-to-Russian translation of mass-media texts)
Human translation quality estimation is a relatively new and challenging area of research, because human translation quality is notoriously more subtle and subjective than machine translation, which attracts much more attention and effort of the research community. At the same time, human …
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Comparing Differences in Expressive Language Quantity and Quality between School-Aged Children Playing with Traditional and Electronic Toys
… This preliminary study focuses on the expressive language of English-dominant, school-aged children playing with traditional and electronic toys. Method: Four English speaking children between the ages of 5;4 (year; month) and 8;9 were audio and video recorded during individual 20-minute sessions. …