Automated grammatical error detection for language learners /

Automated grammatical error detection for language learners /

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It has been estimated that over a billion people are using or learning English as a second or foreign language, and the numbers are growing not only for English but for other languages as well. These language learners provide a burgeoning market for tools that help identify and correct learners'...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leacock, Claudia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2010]
Series:Synthesis lectures on human language technologies ; lecture #9.
Subjects:
English language > Errors of usage > Computer-assisted instruction.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers > Computer-assisted instruction.
English language > Grammar > Computer-assisted instruction for foreign speakers.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • History of automated grammatical error detection
  • Special problems of language learners
  • Language learner data
  • Evaluating error detection systems
  • Article and preposition errors
  • Collocation errors
  • Different approaches for different errors
  • Annotating learner errors
  • New directions
  • Conclusion.