2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development and Evaluation of Language Education Support System in Multimedia Environments
| Project/Area Number |
12680226
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational technology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
NARITA Seinosuke Waseda University, School of Science and Engineering, Professor, 理工学部, 教授 (90063677)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
LIN ChunChen Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Study, Research Assistant, 外国語学部, 助手 (70287994)
FUJITA Shinichi Waseda University, Media Network Center, Research Assistant, メディアネットワークセンター, 助手 (80318849)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | CAI / CAL / Language Education / WWW / Multimedia / Kanji / German Language / P.D.A. |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project is aimed at the application of modern information and network technology, such as hand-written character recognition, and speech recognition, to foreign language education including Japanese language education for non-Japanese people.
In the first year, focus was placed on:
1) electronic Kanji dictionary incorporating online handwritten input, 2) electronic teaching materials with study history control functions, 3) conversation practice system using voice recognition chat system, and 4) integrated study support system capable of running in Web environments.
In the second year, further improvements were added to the previous works. Namely, 1) user friendly interface by implying inputting simple attributes of Kanji characters. 2) easy-to-use system not only for instructors but also for learners by adding teaching material editing systems, 3) use of mobile equipments such as cellular phones and PDA, with which learners are free spatially and time-wise.
A total of four domestic and 7 international contributions were presented and two journal papers were published related to this research project.
It was confirmed that the use of cutting-edge information and network communication technology could greatly improve the efficiency of language education.
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Research Products
(16 results)
