Title
Exprgram: A Language Learning Interface for Mastering Pragmatic Competence.
Abstract
Mastering pragmatic competence, the ability to use language in a contextually appropriate way, is one of the most challenging parts of foreign language learning. Despite its importance, existing language learning systems often focus on linguistic components such as grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation. Consequently, foreign language learners may generate grammatically flawless speech that is contextually inappropriate. With the diverse socio-cultural contexts captured in real-life settings, videos at scale can serve as a great material to acquire pragmatic competence. We introduce Exprgram, a web-based video learning interface that assists learners to master pragmatic competence. In Exprgram, learners can raise their context-awareness, practice generating an alternative expression, and learn diverse alternative expressions for the given context. Our user study with 12 advanced English learners displays the potential in our learnersourcing approach to collect descriptive context annotations and diverse alternative expressions.
Year
Venue
Field
2018
CHI Extended Abstracts
Pronunciation,Foreign language learning,Expression (mathematics),Computer science,Grammar,Human–computer interaction,Language acquisition,Linguistics,Vocabulary,Foreign language
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-5621-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kyung Je Jo100.34
John Joon Young Chung222.41
Juho Kim363268.72