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Koh, Kyu Han Seals Cheryl D. "PineHill a novel approach to computer aided language learning /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1365.
Full textPeabody, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Aaron). "Methods for pronunciation assessment in computer aided language learning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68491.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-176).
Learning a foreign language is a challenging endeavor that entails acquiring a wide range of new knowledge including words, grammar, gestures, sounds, etc. Mastering these skills all require extensive practice by the learner and opportunities may not always be available. Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL) systems provide non-threatening environments where foreign language skills can be practiced where ever and whenever a student desires. These systems often have several technologies to identify the different types of errors made by a student. This thesis focuses on the problem of identifying mispronunciations made by a foreign language student using a CALL system. We make several assumptions about the nature of the learning activity: it takes place using a dialogue system, it is a task- or game-oriented activity, the student should not be interrupted by the pronunciation feedback system, and that the goal of the feedback system is to identify severe mispronunciations with high reliability. Detecting mispronunciations requires a corpus of speech with human judgements of pronunciation quality. Typical approaches to collecting such a corpus use an expert phonetician to both phonetically transcribe and assign judgements of quality to each phone in a corpus. This is time consuming and expensive. It also places an extra burden on the transcriber. We describe a novel method for obtaining phone level judgements of pronunciation quality by utilizing non-expert, crowd-sourced, word level judgements of pronunciation. Foreign language learners typically exhibit high variation and pronunciation shapes distinct from native speakers that make analysis for mispronunciation difficult. We detail a simple, but effective method for transforming the vowel space of non-native speakers to make mispronunciation detection more robust and accurate. We show that this transformation not only enhances performance on a simple classification task, but also results in distributions that can be better exploited for mispronunciation detection. This transformation of the vowel is exploited to train a mispronunciation detector using a variety of features derived from acoustic model scores and vowel class distributions. We confirm that the transformation technique results in a more robust and accurate identification of mispronunciations than traditional acoustic models.
by Mitchell A. Peabody.
Ph.D.
Vlugter, Peter, and Alistair Knott. "A multi-speaker dialogue system for computer-aided language learning." Universität Potsdam, 2006. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/1020/.
Full textThe paper also serves to introduce our new multi-speaker dialogue system, and highlight some of its novel features.
Moffitt, Charlie Robert. "A language translator for a computer aided rapid prototyping system." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23284.
Full textBailey, Stacey M. "Content Assessment in Intelligent Computer-aided Language Learning: Meaning Error Diagnosis for English as a Second Language." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1204556485.
Full textPoon, Wing-pong, and 潘永邦. "Job satisfaction among graduate teachers of Chinese Language, English Language and mathematics in aided secondary schools." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31958953.
Full textPoon, Wing-pong. "Job satisfaction among graduate teachers of Chinese Language, English Language and mathematics in aided secondary schools." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17602075.
Full textBott, Ann-Marie Krueger. "Computer-Aided Self-Access Pronunciation Materials Designed to Teach Stress in American English." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd903.pdf.
Full textKaple, Emily J. "IMPROVING SPANISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING COMPREHENSION: AIDED BY PRONUNCIATION OR LISTENING PRACTICE?" Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1196214325.
Full textBalossi, Giuseppina. "Language and characterization in Virginia Woolf's The Waves : a computer-aided approach." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538605.
Full textLin, Yinghua. "Computer aided instruction of special relativity." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/774750.
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Ghemri, Lila. "Cognitive modelling in an intelligent tutoring system for second language." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386345.
Full textDada, Shakila. "The impact of aided language stimulation on the receptive language abilities of children with little or no functional speech." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09232004-135726.
Full textLiu, Chen-Liang. "An investigation and comparison of methodologies for implementing a fixture design package in Prolog and a graphics language CVMAC." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316498.
Full textJohnston, Ian Andrew. "Gibber." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252137.
Full textSzink, Terrence L. "A computer-aided analysis of the Semitic of the Ebla tablets." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=888832061&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=48051&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textVento-Wilson, Margaret. "The Intersection of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Beliefs, Perceptions, and Practices and the Language Acquisition and Development of Emerging Aided Communicators." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_dissertations/4.
Full textLê, Lam-Son. "SeamCAD: a hierarchy-oriented modeling language and a computer-aided tool for entreprise architecture /." Lausanne : EPFL, 2008. http://library.epfl.ch/theses/?nr=4225.
Full textBieszczad, Jerry 1971. "A framework for the language and logic of computer-aided phenomena-based process modeling." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16735.
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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Chemical process engineering activities such as design, optimization, analysis, control, scheduling, diagnosis, and training all rely on mathematical models for solution of some engineering problem. Likewise, most of the undergraduate chemical engineering curricula are model-based. However, the lack of formalization and systematization associated with model development leads most students and engineers to view modeling as an art, not as a science. Consequently, model development in practice is usually left to specialized modeling experts. This work seeks to address this issue through development of a framework that raises the level of model development from procedural computations and mathematical equations to the fundamental concepts of chemical engineering science. This framework, suitable for implementation in a computer-aided environment, encompasses a phenomena-based modeling language and logical operators. The modeling language, which represents chemical processes interms of interacting physicochemical phenomena, provides a high-level vocabulary for describing the topological and hierarchical structure of lumped or spatially distributed systems, mechanistic characterization of relevant phenomena (e.g., reactions, equilibria, heat and mass transport), and thermodynamic and physical characterization of process materials. Thelogical operators systematize the modeling process by explicitly capturing procedural and declarative aspects of the model ingactivity.
(cont.) This enables a computer to provide assistance for analyzing and constructing phenomena-based models, detect model inconsistencies and incompleteness, and automatically derive and explain the resulting model equations from chemical engineering first principles. In order to provide an experimental apparatus suitable for evaluating this framework, the phenomena-based language and logical operators have been implemented in a computer-aided modeling environment, named MODEL.LA. MODEL.LA enables phenomena-based modeling of dynamic systems of arbitrary structure and spatial distribution, hierarchical levels of detail, and multicontext depictions. Additional components allow incorporation of thermodynamic and physical property data, integration of control structures, operational task scheduling, and external models,and assistance for specification and solution of the resulting mathematical model. Application of this environment to several modeling examples, as well as its classroom and industrial deployment, demonstrate the potential benefits of rapid, reliable, and documented chemical process modeling that may be realized from this high-level phenomena-based approach.
by Jerry Bieszczad.
Ph.D.
Young, Paul E. "Heterogeneous software system interoperability through computer-aided resolution of modeling differences." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FYoung%5FPaul%5FPhD.pdf.
Full textGordon, Christopher Todd. "A visual language for ADA program unit specifications." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063007/.
Full textCombrink, Andries J. "A preprocessor for an English-to-Sign Language Machine Translation system." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2832.
Full textSign Languages such as South African Sign Language, are proper natural languages; they have their own vocabularies, and they make use of their own grammar rules. However, machine translation from a spoken to a signed language creates interesting challenges. These problems are caused as a result of the differences in character between spoken and signed languages. Sign Languages are classified as visual-spatial languages: a signer makes use of the space around him, and gives visual clues from body language, facial expressions and sign movements to help him communicate. It is the absence of these elements in the written form of a spoken language that causes the contextual ambiguities during machine translation. The work described in this thesis is aimed at resolving the ambiguities caused by a translation from written English to South African Sign Language. We designed and implemented a preprocessor that uses areas of linguistics such as anaphora resolution and a data structure called a scene graph to help with the spatial aspect of the translation. The preprocessor also makes use of semantic and syntactic analysis, together with the help of a semantic relational database, to find emotional context from text. This analysis is then used to suggest body language, facial expressions and sign movement attributes, helping us to address the visual aspect of the translation. The results show that the system is flexible enough to be used with different types of text, and will overall improve the quality of a machine translation from English into a Sign Language.
Gandhi, Ashit R. "Feature-based geometric modeling using B-spline surfaces and a natural language approach." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54359.
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Martelli, Federico. "Word Sense Disambiguation in Tongue2Tongue, a Pioneering Computer-aided Translation Tool." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.
Find full textBoley, J., and Earl E. Johnson. "A Computational Model to Predict Safety Limits for Aided Music Listening." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1725.
Full textPark, Eun Jeong. "The Effectiveness of Corpus-Aided Instruction Using Lexical Bundles to Improve Academic Writing in Instructed Second Language Acquisition: A Multimethod Research Design." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1556003595087828.
Full textBarker, Dean. "Computer facial animation for sign language visualization." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50300.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sign Language is a fully-fledged natural language possessing its own syntax and grammar; a fact which implies that the problem of machine translation from a spoken source language to Sign Language is at least as difficult as machine translation between two spoken languages. Sign Language, however, is communicated in a modality fundamentally different from all spoken languages. Machine translation to Sign Language is therefore burdened not only by a mapping from one syntax and grammar to another, but also, by a non-trivial transformation from one communicational modality to another. With regards to the computer visualization of Sign Language; what is required is a three dimensional, temporally accurate, visualization of signs including both the manual and nonmanual components which can be viewed from arbitrary perspectives making accurate understanding and imitation more feasible. Moreover, given that facial expressions and movements represent a fundamental basis for the majority of non-manual signs, any system concerned with the accurate visualization of Sign Language must rely heavily on a facial animation component capable of representing a well-defined set of emotional expressions as well as a set of arbitrary facial movements. This thesis investigates the development of such a computer facial animation system. We address the problem of delivering coordinated, temporally constrained, facial animation sequences in an online environment using VRML. Furthermore, we investigate the animation, using a muscle model process, of arbitrary three-dimensional facial models consisting of multiple aligned NURBS surfaces of varying refinement. Our results showed that this approach is capable of representing and manipulating high fidelity three-dimensional facial models in such a manner that localized distortions of the models result in the recognizable and realistic display of human facial expressions and that these facial expressions can be displayed in a coordinated, synchronous manner.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gebaretaal is 'n volwaardige natuurlike taal wat oor sy eie sintaks en grammatika beskik. Hierdie feit impliseer dat die probleem rakende masjienvertaling vanuit 'n gesproke taal na Gebaretaal net so moeilik is as masjienvertaling tussen twee gesproke tale. Gebaretaal word egter in 'n modaliteit gekommunikeer wat in wese van alle gesproke tale verskil. Masjienvertaling in Gebaretaal word daarom nie net belas deur 'n afbeelding van een sintaks en grammatika op 'n ander nie, maar ook deur beduidende omvorming van een kommunikasiemodaliteit na 'n ander. Wat die gerekenariseerde visualisering van Gebaretaal betref, vereis dit 'n driedimensionele, tyds-akkurate visualisering van gebare, insluitend komponente wat met en sonder die gebruik van die hande uitgevoer word, en wat vanuit arbitrêre perspektiewe beskou kan word ten einde die uitvoerbaarheid van akkurate begrip en nabootsing te verhoog. Aangesien gesigsuitdrukkings en -bewegings die fundamentele grondslag van die meeste gebare wat nie met die hand gemaak word nie, verteenwoordig, moet enige stelsel wat te make het met die akkurate visualisering van Gebaretaal boonop sterk steun op 'n gesigsanimasiekomponent wat daartoe in staat is om 'n goed gedefinieerde stel emosionele uitdrukkings sowel as 'n stel arbitrre gesigbewegings voor te stel. Hierdie tesis ondersoek die ontwikkeling van so 'n gerekenariseerde gesigsanimasiestelsel. Die probleem rakende die lewering van gekordineerde, tydsbegrensde gesigsanimasiesekwensies in 'n intydse omgewing, wat gebruik maak van VRML, word aangeroer. Voorts word ondersoek ingestel na die animasie (hier word van 'n spiermodelproses gebruik gemaak) van arbitrre driedimensionele gesigsmodelle bestaande uit veelvoudige, opgestelde NURBS-oppervlakke waarvan die verfyning wissel. Die resultate toon dat hierdie benadering daartoe in staat is om hoë kwaliteit driedimensionele gesigsmodelle só voor te stel en te manipuleer dat gelokaliseerde vervormings van die modelle die herkenbare en realistiese tentoonstelling van menslike gesigsuitdrukkings tot gevolg het en dat hierdie gesigsuitdrukkings op 'n gekordineerde, sinchroniese wyse uitgebeeld kan word.
Wahlen, Oliver [Verfasser]. "C Compiler Aided Design of Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processors Using the Machine Description Language LISA / Oliver Wahlen." Aachen : Shaker, 2004. http://d-nb.info/1181603536/34.
Full textAthreya, Prahlad S. "The CAD query language towards design-concurrent cost estimation /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2002. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1177523234.
Full textJain, Vikesh. "A platform independent process data exchange mechanism between Java applications and computer aided manufacturing systems." Ohio : Ohio University, 2003. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1081784819.
Full textACHESON, MARSHA J. "THE EFFECT OF NATURAL AIDED LANGUAGE STIMULATION ON REQUESTING DESIRED OBJECTS OR ACTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147311601.
Full textWahlen, Oliver [Verfasser]. "C compiler aided design of application specific instruction set processors using the machine description language LISA / vorgelegt von Oliver Wahlen." Aachen : Shaker, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-opus-9116.
Full textGuz, Yunus O. "Computational tool support of open-building design." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1338876.
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Hudson, Rhett Daniel. "The use of VHDL in computer-aided support of life-cycle complete product design." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42143.
Full textA product must be engineered in a manner that addresses all pertinent issues over its
complete life cycle. This research examines the use of the VHSIC Hardware Description
Language as a computer-aided engineering tool for life-cycle complete engineering.
VHDL is traditionally used to model the functional behavior of digital systems. This thesis
provides an overview of a life-cycle complete design process and describes the use of
VHDL to support that process. A case study is presented to illustrate the use of VHDL
for life-cycle complete modeling.
Master of Science
Gadagkar, Ashish. "Timing distribution in VHDL behavioral models." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020318/.
Full textAli, Mohammed Abdulmalik Awad. "Reading in a foreign language : effectiveness of computer-based reading instruction in comparison to teacher-based reading instruction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/11062.
Full textGalik, Daniel. "A conceptual design of a Software Base Management System for the Computer Aided Prototyping System." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/22981.
Full textThis thesis builds upon work previously done in the development of the Computer Aided Prototyping System (CAPS) and the Prototype System Description Language (PSDL), and presents a conceptual design for the Software Base Management System (SBMS) component of CAPS. The SBMS is the most critical component of CAPS as it will coordinate the retrieval and integration of Ada software modules. A robust SBMS that enables a software system designer to successfully retrieve reusable Ada components will expedite the prototype development process and enhance designer productivity. Implementation of the conceptual design will be the basis for further work in this area. (Ada is a registered trademark of the United States Government, Ada Joint Program Office.)
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Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy
Cortes, Antonio. "Enhancing test data generation using constraint programming." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2008. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.
Full textEgerton, David. "Automated generation of SW design constructs from MESA source code /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/12144.
Full textImvidhaya, Ming. "VHDL simulation of the implementation of a costfunction circuit." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA240430.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Lee, Chin-Hwa. Second Reader: Butler, Jon T. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 29, 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Computerized simulation, computer aided design, logic circuits, subroutines, theses, integrated circuits. Author(s) subject terms: VHDL, costfunction, hardware description language. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77). Also available in print.
Moore, Eric. "The weak link in the language teaching system and what to do about it." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1135.
Full textBoyd, Adriane Amelia. "Detecting and Diagnosing Grammatical Errors for Beginning Learners of German: From Learner Corpus Annotation to Constraint Satisfaction Problems." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1325170396.
Full textGrover, Samir. "Solving layout compaction and wire-balancing problem using linear programming on the Monsoon multiprocessor." Thesis, Connect to online version, 1995. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.mercury.concordia.ca/cr/concordia/fullcit?pMQ90885.
Full textHarper, Liesl. "Whole school approach to language immersion using augmentative and alternative communication for students with multiple disabilities and complex communication needs." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198051/1/Liesl%20Harper%20Thesis.pdf.
Full textDorina, Dibra. "Real-time interactive visualization aiding pronunciation of English as a second language." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medieteknik (ME), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-40264.
Full textLi, Kaiyan. "Unified modeling language class diagram translator for the online design pattern library system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2194.
Full textWilliams, George Edward. "The effects of computer assisted language learning and specially designed academic instruction in English on second language acquisition." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2954.
Full textAdolfsson, Helen. "The British hedgerow in Sweden : Dealing with spatial differences and reader differences related to the author-reader relationship and culture-specific referents aided by a translation-oriented text analysis model." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-36642.
Full textPoole, Robert. "A Corpus Approach to Ecological Discourse Analysis and L2 Writing Pedagogy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556857.
Full textLee, Jin Kook. "Building environment rule and analysis (BERA) language and its application for evaluating building circulation and spatial program." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39482.
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