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Reinforcement Learning of Irrelevant Stimulus-Response Associations Modulates Cognitive Control
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Chen, Jinglu; Tan, Ling; Liu, Lu; Wang, Ling – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
It has been demonstrated that the Simon effect may be increased or reversed due to proportion congruency manipulation, suggesting that learned spatial irrelevant stimulus-response (S-R) associations are used to guide responses. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that learning spatial irrelevant S-R associations by rewards may show a similar…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Reaction Time, Prediction, Color
Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Facilitate English Pronunciation Assessment and Learning in an EFL Context: Pronunciation Error Diagnosis and Pedagogical Implications
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Xiao, Wenqi; Park, Moonyoung – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
With the advancement of automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology, ASR-based pronunciation assessment can diagnose learners' pronunciation problems. Meanwhile, ASR-based pronunciation training allows more opportunities for pronunciation practice. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of ASR technology in diagnosing English…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Diagnostic Tests
The Acquisition of Contrastive Focus during Online Sentence-Comprehension by Children Learning Mandarin Chinese
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Tang, Ping; Yuen, Ivan; Demuth, Katherine; Rattanasone, Nan Xu – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Contrastive focus, conveyed by prosodic cues, marks important information. Studies have shown that 6-year-olds learning English and Japanese can use contrastive focus during online sentence comprehension: focus used in a "contrastive context" facilitates the identification of a target referent (speeding up processing), whereas focus used…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Suprasegmentals, Intonation, Prediction
Exploring Individual Differences in the Prediction of Awareness and Improvement in Trainee Interpreters: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Approach
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Xu, Yi – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
The research on interpreting aptitude has focused on the abilities, skills and personal traits of individuals in order to predict their future interpreting performance. However, an important variable between the personal characteristics and success of trainee interpreters in interpreter training, which is instructional practices, is overlooked.…
Descriptors: Prediction, Language Aptitude, Feedback (Response), Short Term Memory
Leveraging Automatic Speech Recognition Errors to Detect Challenging Speech Segments in TED Talks
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Mirzaei, Maryam Sadat; Meshgi, Kourosh; Kawahara, Tatsuya – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This study investigates the use of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems to epitomize second language (L2) listeners' problems in perception of TED talks. ASR-generated transcripts of videos often involve recognition errors, which may indicate difficult segments for L2 listeners. This paper aims to discover the root-causes of the ASR errors…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Listening Skills, Error Patterns
Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments
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Zou, Bin, Ed.; Smith, Simon, Ed.; Hoey, Michael, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2015
Rapid advances in computing have enabled the integration of corpora into language teaching and learning, yet in China corpus methods have not yet been widely adopted. Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts aims to advance the state of the art in the use of corpora in applied linguistics and contribute to the expertise in corpus use in China.
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics