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Jie Zhang – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2024
This paper explores the development of an intelligent translation system for spoken English using Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) models. The fundamental principles of RNNs and their advantages in processing sequential data, particularly in handling time-dependent natural language data, are discussed. The methodology for constructing the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Translation, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software
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Han, Chao; Zhao, Xiao – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
The accuracy of peer ratings on students' performance has attracted much attention from higher education researchers. In this study, we attempted to explore the accuracy of peer ratings on the quality of spoken-language interpreting in the context of tertiary-level interpreter training. We sought to understand how different types of peer raters…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Peer Evaluation, Oral Language, Interpretive Skills
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Zhou, Jessie; Huang, Li-Shih – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2018
This study was designed to examine the reported and observed communication strategies used by Chinese English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) graduate students in electrical engineering and education in performing informal debate tasks. The strategies were elicited through strategy inventories, post-task strategy recalls, and task performances.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Engineering Education, Communication Strategies
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Kissling, Elizabeth M.; O'Donnell, Mary E. – Language Awareness, 2015
This study describes how oral language was assessed in an advanced-level college foreign language (FL) conversation course. Learners used the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines to guide self-analyses of their oral production at intervals throughout the course. The intent was to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Advanced Students
Pollock, Richard – 1985
Interpreting, or oral translation, can be used in undergraduate second language study as a technique for developing oral skills. The technique can produce both sound linguistic judgment and confident oral and written performance that last beyond testing. It integrates four essential elements of oral/aural skills: comprehension, phonology/fluency,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Aural Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Troudi, Salah, Ed.; Coombe, Christine, Ed.; Riley, Susan, Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1998 international conference on the teaching of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) include: "The Future of English: Where Unity and Diversity Meet" (David Crystal); "Maximizing Student Writing and Minimizing Teacher Correction" (Phil Quirke); "How the Camel Got Its Hump: Bringing Literature…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language), Error Correction