COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING READING LIST

This is a list of readings, sorted by topic, that I used in an informal reading group at Carnegie Mellon University. It hasn't been updated since Fall of 1999. Several of the papers are contained in collections (books). The book is referenced by title (in bold) and the reference is to one of the following:

• Language Teaching and Language Technology. Sake Jager, John Nerbonne, and Arthur Van Essen (Editors>. Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, the Netherlands, 1997.
• Intelligent Language Tutors. V. Melissa Holland, Jonathan D. Kaplan, Michelle R. Sams (Editors). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995
• CALICO Journal Special Issue on Speech. Tutors that Listen: Speech Recognition for Language Learning Vol 16, No 3, 1999
• Teaching and Language Corpora. Anne Wichmann, Steven Fligelstone, Tony McEnery, Gerry Knowles (Editors). Addison Wesley Longman, London, 1997.

1. GENERAL BACKGROUND READING IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Ellis, R. (1997). Second Language Acquisition. Oxford University Press.
Part of the series Oxford Introductions to Language Study.This is a small book (120 small pages) that surveys the study of second language acquisition. It was suggested by Dr. Richard Tucker of CMU's modern languages department as a good brief overview of the field.

Contents include (chapter names):

1. Introduction: describing and explaining L2 acquisition
2. The nature of learner language
3. Interlanguage
4. Social aspects of interlanguage
5. Discourse aspects of interlanguage
6. Psycholinguistic aspects of interlanguage
7. Linguistic aspects of interlanguage
8. Individual differences in L2 acquisition
9. Instructions and L2 acquisition
10. Conclusion: multiple perspectives in SLA

2. READING

• IN: Language Teaching and Language Technology
  
  • A Session with Glosser-RuG by Duco Dokter and John Nerbonne (University of Groningen)
  • GLOSSER-Using Language Technology Tools for Reading Texts in a Foreign Language by Tiit Roosmaa (U. of Tartu) and Gabor Proszeky (U. of Budapest)
• IN: Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1994
  • Individualization Within a Multi-Agent Computer-Assisted Learning-To-Read Environment. by Annie Chambreuil, Michel Chambreuil, and Chihab Cherkaoui. (Universite Blaise Pascal - Clermont 2, France)
    Describes the tutoring approach used in AMICAL, a CALL for learning to read.
• CALLE: An Exploratory Environment for Foreign Language Learning
  by Marikka Rypa and Ken Feuerman (Xerox Corporation) in Intelligent Language Tutors.
• Aweiss, S. (1993). The effects of computer-mediated reading supports on the reading comprehension and the reading behavior of beginning American readers of Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL). Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Publication No. ED 366218.
• Carlo, M.S. and Skilton, E. (1996). Adult second-language reading research: How may it inform assessment and instruction? Skilton Sylvester National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL), University of Pennsylvania, Technical Report TR96-08.
• Matsunaga, S. and Crosby. M.E. (1997). The relationship between spatial ability of native speakers of japanese and their coding strategy when reading kanji. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 10(4), 321-337.
• Norbonne, J., Karttunen L, Paskaleva, E., Proszeky, G., Roosmaa, T. (1997). Reading more into Foreign Languages. 5th Conference on ANLP, 1997, 135-138.

3. VOCABULARY TEACHING

• ComPlex: A Tool for the Development of L2 Vocabulary Knowledge
  by Michael Harrington (Carnegie Mellon University) in Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1994.
  Talks about a CALL program that facilitates the acquisition of L2 vocabulary knowledge through integration of novel vocabulary items into an existing database of learner-defined vocabulary knowledge.
• Automaticity and Lexical Skills in Second Language Fluency:
  • Implications of Camputer Assisted Language Learning
    by Norman Segalowitz and Elizabeth Gatbonton (Concordia University,Montreal). CALL Journal, Vol 8, Nos 2-3, 1995
• IN: Language Teaching and Language Technology
  • Integrating CALL into the Vocabulary Classroom
    by Bernadine McCreesh (Universite' du Quebec a Chicoutimi)
  • Second Language Acquisition from Aligned Corpora
    by Elena Paskaleva and Stoyan Mihov (Bulgarian Academy of Science)

4. GRAMMAR TEACHING

• Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning As Cognitive Science: The Choice of Syntactic Frameworks for Language Tutoring by Clive Matthews (University of East Anglia, Norwick, UK). In Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1994.
  Two different grammar frameworks (Definite Clause Gramamrs and Principles and Parameter Theory), which have been used for the syntactic component of ICALL systems, are compared and contrasted with respect to a number of criteria of adequacy. The paper is concerned with illustrating the types of questions that ICALL should be raising.
• GPARS: A suite of Grammar Assessment Systems
  by Donald Loritz (Georgetown University). In Intelligent Language Tutors.
• The A to Z of Grammar. An Integrated CALL Project. by Nicole McBride and Karen Sego. CALL Vol 9, No 1, 1996
• The Evolution of a Grammar-Checking Program: LINGER to ISCA
  by Philip Bolt and Masoud Yazdani (U. of Exeter, UK)
  CALL Journal, Vol 11, No 1, 1998
• Treacherous Allies: Foreign Language Grmmar Checkers
  by Gabriel Jacobs and Catherine Rodgers (University of Wales Swansea)
  CALICO Journal, Vol 16, No 4, 1999.

5. DIALOG SYSTEMS

• IN: Intelligent Language Tutors
  • A Discourse Processing Approach to Computer-Assisted Language Learning
    by Carl H. Frederiksen, Janet Donin, and Michel Decary (McGill)
  • History of an AI spy Game: Spion
    by Ruth H. Sanders and Alton F. Sanders (Miami University of Ohio)
  • Herr Kommissar: An ICALL Conversation Simulator for Intermediate German
    by William H. DeSmedt (Amber Productions)
• IN: CALICO Journal Special Issue on Speech
  • Virtual Dialogues with Native Speakers: The Evaluation of an Interactive Multimedia Method
    by William C. Harless, Marcia A. Zier, and Robert C. Duncan (Interactive Drama)
  • Subarashii: Encounters in Japanese Spoken Language Education
    by Jared Bernstein (ORDINATE Corp), Amir Najmi, and Farzad Ehsani (Sehda Inc.)

6. SPEECH RECOGNITION IN CALL

• IN: Teaching and Language Corpora
  • The Use of Annotated Speech Corpora in the Teaching of Prosody
    by Anne Wichman
• IN: Language Teaching and Language Technology
  • Computational Autosegmentl Phonology in Pronunciation Teaching
    by Julie Carson-Berndsen (University of Bielefield)
  • Application of New Technologies in the Development of Educational Programs
    by Pavel Skrelin and Nina Volskaya (Saint Petersburg State Univ.)
  • Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Teaching Based on Automatic Speech Recognition
    by Silke Witt and Steve Young (Cambridge University)
• IN: CALICO Journal Special Issue on Speech
  • Tutors That Listen
    by V. Melissa Holland (U.S. Army Research Lab)
  • Software That Listens: It's Not a Question of Whether, It's a Question of How
    by Krystyna A. Wachowicz (U of Arizona) and Brian Scott (Universal Interface)
  • Speaking: A Critical Skill and Challenge
    by Kathleen B. Egan (Federal Language Training Lab)
  • On the Path to 2X Learning: Exploring the Possibilities of Advanced Speech Recognition
    by COL Stephen A. LaRocca, John J. Morgan, and Sherry M. Bellinger. (Center for Technology Enhanced Language Learning, US Military Academy)
  • VILTS: A Tale of Two Technologies
    by Marikka E. Rypa (Nuance Communications) and Patti Price (SRI International)
  • Giving Help and Praise in a Reading Tutor with Imperfect Listening-- Because Automated speech Recognition Means Never Being Able to Say You're Certain
    by Jack Mostow and Gregory Aist (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Explicit Pronunciation Training Using Automatic Speech Recognition
    Jonathan Dalby (Communications Disorders Technologies) and Diane Dewley-Port (Indiana University)
  • Using a Computer in Foreign Language Pronunciation Training: What Advantages?
    Maxine Eskenazi (Carnegie Mellon University)

• IN: Intelligent Language Tutors
  • Evaluating Foreign Language Tutoring Systems
    by Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • AI and Language Learning: Theory and Evaluations
    by Alan Bailin (The University of Western Ontario)
  • ICALL and Second Language Acquisition
    by Nina Garrett (George Mason University)
  • Linking Theories of Learning with Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL)
    by >Rebecca L. Oxford (University of Alabama)
• Theory-Driven CALL and the Development Process
  by Mike Levy (University of Queensland). CALL vol 10, No 1, 1997
  Also by Mike Levy the BOOK:
  Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Context and Conceptualization. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997.
• IN: Language Teaching and Language Technology
  • For, Against, For the Development and Dissemination of CALL
    by Frank L. Borchardt (Duke University) About the politics of CALL

8. STUDENT MODELING

• IN: Language Teaching and Language Technology
  • An Implemented Interlanguage Model for Learners of Basque
    by Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza, Montse Maritxlar, Maite Oronoz 9University of the Basque Country)
  • Glosser-RuG: A User Study
    by Duco Dokter, John Nerbonne, Lily Schurcks-Grozeva, Petra Smit (University of Groningen)
  • Knowledge Structures and Their Application in CALL Systems
    by Ivo Duntsch (Uiversity of Ulster) and Gunther Gediga (Universitat Osnabruck)
    About Knowledge assessment
• "Mr. Collins": One of the few (the only) research project involving student modeling in a major way.
  • Collaboration and reflection in the construction of a student model for intelligent computer assisted language learning
    by Susan Bull, Helen Pain, Paul Brna. EDNA 656, 1993
  • Toward user/system collaboration in the development of a student model for intelligent computer assisted language learning
    by Susan Bull, EDNA 657, 1993.
  • Student modelling in an intelligent computer assisted language learning system: the issues of language transfer and learning strategies
    by Susan Bull, Helen Pain, and Paul Brna, EDNA 665, 1993.
  • Mr. Collins : a collaboratively constructed, inspectable student model for intelligent computer assisted language learning
    by Bull, S., Pain, H., Brna, P., EDNA 759, 1995
  • "Did I say what I think I said, and do you agree with me?": inspecting and questioning the student model
    by Bull, S. and Pain, H., EDNA 760 1995
  • Extending the scope of the student model
    by Bull, S., Brna, P., Pain, H., EDNA 761, 1995
  • Handling native and non-native language transfer in CALL: theory and practice
    by Bull, S., EDNA 762, 1995.
  • A student model "for its own sake"
    by Pain, H., Bull, S., Brna, P., EDNA 815, 1996
  • Promoting Effective Learning Strategy Use in CALL
    by Susan Bull (University of Brighton). CALL Journal. Vol 10, No 1, 1997
  • Related:
    Using targeted negotiation to support students' learning
    by Bull, S. and Smith, M., EDNA 773, 1995
• IN: Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1994
  • Modelling Second Language Learner Creativity
    by Greg Lessard, Michael Levision, Daniel Maher, and Ivan V. Tomek (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario)
    Talks about the VINCI NL generation environment and its use< in modeling the linguistic creativity exhibited by anglophone speakers of French in a machine-readable corpus.
  • Dealing with Pragmatic and Implicit Information in an ICALL System: The PILEFACE Example
    by Ruddy Lelouche (Universite Laval, Quebec)
    Examines a rule-based approach for making explicit usage rools governing various language mechanisms, with the goal of simulating the intuitive reasoning process of the native speaker.

9. SPECIFIC SYSTEMS

• ALICE-chan: A Case Study in ICALL Theory and Practice
  by Lori S. Levin and David A. Evans (Carnegie Mellon University). In Intelligent Language Tutors.
• BRIDGE:
  In Intelligent Language Tutors
  • Advanced Technologies for Language Learning: The BRIDGE Project Within the ARI Language Tutor Program
    by Michelle R. Sams (U.S. Army Research Institute)
  • Instructor as Author in an Adaptive, Multimedia, Foreign Language Tutor
    by Steve Kreyer and Eleanor Criswell (Science Applications International Corporation)
• FLUENT:
  • Foreign Language Immersion: Science, Practice, and a System.
    by Henry Hamburger (George Mason University). In Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1994
    Talks about the Fluent project and the pedagogical ideas that drove its design.
  • Tutorial Tools for Language Learning by Two-Medium Dialogue
    by Henry Hamburger (George Mason University). In Intelligent Language Tutors
• LingWorlds:
  In Intelligent Language Tutors
  • LingWorlds: An Intelligent Object-Oriented Environment for Second-Language Tutoring
    by Sarah A. Douglas (University of Oregon)
  • Modeling Individual Tutorial Interactions: Theoretical and Empirical Bases of ICALL
    by Russell S. Tomlin (University of Oregon)
• MILT (U of Maryland -- U.S. Army Research Institute
  • Applications of Learning Principles to the Design of a Second Language Tutor
    by Jonathan D. Kaplan and V. Melissa Holland (U.S. Army Reseach Institute). In Intelligent Language Tutors
  • Translating Linguistic Research Into Teaching: Precaution and Promise in the Application of Natural Language Processing
    by V. Melissa Holland (U.S. Army Research Institute). In NEXUS The Convergence of Language Teaching and Research Using Technology. CALICO Monograph Series Volume 4, 1997, pp 52-65
  • The Military Language Tutor (MILT) Program: An Advanced Authoring System
    by Jonathan D. Kaplan, Mark A. Sabol, Robert A. Wisher & Robert J. Sidel. CALL Journal, Vol 11, No 3, 1998
  • Preliminary Tests of Language Learning in a Speech-Interactive Graphics Microworld
    by V. Melissa Holland (U.S. Army Research Lab), Jonathan D. Kaplan, and Mark A. Sabol (U.S. Army Research Institute). In CALICO Journal, Vol 16, No 3, 1999
• The Athena Language Learning Project (MIT).
  IN: Intelligent Language Tutors
  • Lessons Learned form the Athena Language Learning Project: Using Natural Language Processing, Graphics, Speech Processing, and Interactive Video for Communication-Based Language by Janet H. Murray (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • The Athena Language Leraning Project NLP System: A Multilingual System for Conversation-Based Language Learning
    by Sue Felshin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10. CALL and NLP

• LEXICON CREATION
  • Parameterizing Lexical Conceptual Structure for Interlingual Machine Translation (A review of "Machine Translation: A View from the Lexicon," by Bonnie J. Dorr)
    by Douglas Arnold. Vol 11, No x, 1996, pp 217-241
  • From Syntactic Encodings to Thematic Roles: Building Lexical Entries for Interlingual MT
    Bonnie J. Dorr, Joseph Garman, Amy Weinberg. Vol 9, Nos 3-4, 1994, pp 221-250
  • Large-Scale Dictionary Construction for Foreign Language Tutoring and Interlingual Machine Translation
    by Bonnie J. Dorr. Vol 12, No x, 1997, pp 271-322
  • Large-Scale Acquisition of LCS-Based Lexicons for Foreign Language Tutoring
    by Bonnie J. Dorr, 5th Conference on ANLP, 1997
  • Automatically Creating Lexical Entries for ULTRA, a Multilingual MT System
    by David Farwell, Louise Guthrie and Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University). Vol 8, No 3, 1993, pp 127-145
• GRAMMAR:
  • Toward a Lexicalized Grammar for Interlinguas
    by Clare Voss and Bonnie J. Dorr (University of Maryland). >Vol 10, Nos 1-2, 1995, pp 143-184.
  • Use of Lexical Conceptual Structure for Intelligent Tutoring
    by Bonnie Dorr and James Hendler (U. of Maryland).
    Paper available on Bonnie's Website.
  • On Beyond Syntax: Use of Lexical Conceptual Structure for Intelligent Tutoring
    by Bonnie Dorr, James Hendler, Scott Blanksteen, and Barry Migdaloff (University of Maryland). In Intelligent Language Tutors
  • A Principle-Based Parser for Foreign Language Tutoring in German and Arabic
    by Amy Weinberg, Joe Garman, Jeffery Martin, and Paola Merlo (University of Maryland and University of Geneva, Switzerland). In Intelligent Language Tutors
• OTHER:
  • The Automatic Generation of CALL Exercises from General Corpora
    by Eve Wilson. In Teaching and Language Corpora