Title: Knowledge network for English grammar learning support system

Authors: Takuya Goto, Tomoko Kojiri, Toyohide Watanabe, Tomoharu Iwata, Takeshi Yamada

Addresses: Department of Systems and Social Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan. ' Department of Systems and Social Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan. ' Department of Systems and Social Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan. ' NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Hikaridai 2-4, Seika-cho, Sagara-gun, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan. ' NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Hikaridai 2-4, Seika-cho, Sagara-gun, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan

Abstract: Our objective is to construct English grammar learning support system which provides fill-in-the-blank exercises. In our system, the knowledge network, which represents relations among exercises based on differences in their knowledge, is introduced. Exercises are linked based on the inclusive relation of their knowledge. According to the acquired/in-acquired knowledge determined by the learner|s answer, the system traverses the knowledge network and gives the exercise containing knowledge that the learner needs to learn. We implemented an web-based system and evaluated the effectiveness for our selection mechanism. As a result, the mechanism was effective for learning in-acquired knowledge step by step.

Keywords: fill-in-the-blank exercises; English grammar; individual learning support; knowledge networks; web-based support; English language learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAIP.2010.029441

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, 2010 Vol.2 No.1, pp.64 - 77

Published online: 30 Nov 2009 *

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