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Showing 1 to 20 of 751 for “"language learning"”.
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Multimedia for language learning
Students studying foreign languages often wish to enjoy authentic foreign-language content - for example, foreign-language videos and comics. Existing means of presenting this content, however, are suboptimal from the perspective of language learning. We have developed a pair of tools that aim to …
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Language Learning in Interactive Environments
Natural language communication has long been considered a defining characteristic of human intelligence. I am motivated by the question of how learning agents can understand and generate contextually relevant natural language in service of achieving a goal. In pursuit of this objective, I have been …
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Passive language learning application design
This thesis proposes the term “passive language learning” and presents four digital language learning products designed and collaboratively implemented by the author. All of the four applications promote learning a foreign language passively by using creative application design to naturally …
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Metaphor, metonymy, language learning and translation
… is a unifying principle behind how we process language. I discuss a range of data to demonstrate metonymy at work. I show that metonymic principles are not just in play in metonymic language but also in metaphoric and literal language. I argue that metonymy not only offers alternative ways of …
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Necessary Bias in Natural Language Learning
This dissertation investigates the mechanism of language acquisition given the boundary conditions provided by linguistic representation and the time course of acquisition. Exploration of the mechanism is vital once we consider the complexity of the system to be learned and the non-transparent …
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Association knowledge in natural language learning
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Grounded Language Learning with Foundation Models
The field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) has experienced remarkable advancement in recent years, especially with the development of foundation models trained using language modelling objectives. These models have achieved a level of proficiency comparable to human competence across an array …
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Videodisc-based simulations for language learning
Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
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Embodied language learning in virtual reality
Embodied theories of language propose that the way we communicate verbally is grounded in our body. Nevertheless, the way a second language is conventionally taught does not capitalize on embodied modalities. The tracking and immersive capabilities of virtual reality systems can enable a change in …
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From predictive to interactive multimodal language learning
… intelligence. While the details of the learning process are still an open question, what we do know is that humans make use of the very rich perceptual input present in the communicative setups in which learning takes place. In this work, we will present three models of human learning …
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Foreign Language Learning Difficulties and Teaching Strategies
<p>Beginning foreign language (FL) courses in high school often have high numbers of learning disabled and at-risk students, perhaps because many students who are considered to be college bound begin foreign language study in middle school. This paper examines FL difficulties as well as effective …
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Second language learning from a multilingual perspective
How do people learn a second language? In this thesis, we study this question through an examination of cross-linguistic transfer: the role of a speaker's native language in the acquisition, representation, usage and processing of a second language. We present a computational framework that enables …
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Exploring multiple language learning from an existential perspective: an applied philosophical inquiry of self-cultivation and aspiration in language learning
The field of language learner (LLer) motivation and identity has been dominated by methodologies that rely on infrequent data collection measures, whether they be quantitative (e.g., surveys) or qualitative (e.g., interviews). Also, data from LLer studies tend to be experiences of researchers …
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What's Relevant For Children With Language-Learning Disorders?
Children with language-learning disorders have difficulty establishing the linguistic rules that govern the use of language. Difficulty in determining what is relevant may be a contributing factor to this inability to establish those linguistic rules. Children with language-learning disorders have …
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Early language learning within a Greek regional context
… on the teaching processes involved in foreign language learning, concentrating on the question of why Greek young learners are not more successful in learning English, despite an early start and high exposure to the foreign language. Central to my study are student-teacher and student-student …
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Theoretical framework for authoring hypermedia for language learning
… into hypermedia authoring for Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). It originates from, and is the natural continuation of previous research activities in user interface design, which addressed the problem of transferring existing human factors expertise derived from the field of …
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The Impact of Gamification on Second-Language Learning
… driven solutions in improving students’ learning outcomes in multiple academic fields. However, limited research is available on the use of TETEM in the context of second language learning. Using a modified TETEM, this study seeks first, to assess the direct effects of student’s attitude, …
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Flipping the language learning curve word by word
Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 89596 on 2017-09-30T09:15:27Z.
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