Learning Usage of English KWICly with WebLEAP/DSR

Takashi Yamanoue Kagoshima University, JapanToshiro Minami Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences &

Kyushu University, JapanIan Ruxton Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanWataru Sakurai

University of Tsukuba, JapanICITA2004@Harbin(04.01.08-11)

Contents

I. Motivation (Introduction)II. WebLEAP/DSR: A New implementation of

WebLEAPIII. Examples and Experiments for EvaluationIV. Related Work V. Concluding Remarks

Difficulties in writing in English

Is it really used??

?

•Spelling → spell checker•Grammar → grammar checker•Usage → Corpus Linguistic Tools

I. Motivation

Problems of Ordinary Corpus Linguistic Tools

Time-consuming Needs hard work in order to make a

good corpus Copyright problem

(often) Outdated from the beginningTools are mainly for experts

Difficult to use for ordinary learners

A Solution

Use of “Web-Corpus”= Using Web Documents as a Corpus

Maintenance free: Exists as it is Always new, reflects current status of

languagesA lot of applications/services are available on

the Internet

WebLEAP

Shows Frequencies of phrases in the given

sentence graphically Using a search engine.

New Features KWIC (Key Word In Context) Domain Specification

WebLEAP

II. WebLEAP/DSR: A New implementation of WebLEAP

DSR: Distributed System Recorder A Computer Assisted Teaching System,… Recording and replaying every operation. Draw, Programming, Web, WebLEAP, …

WebLEAP Basic: Frequencies Graphically

New(using Google Web APIs): KWIC Domain Specification

WebLEAP Window

Iput, setting, control, …

Draw window, frequencies

KWIC (Key Word In Context) window

Web browser Window

Setting Window, for domain specification, …

Estimating the Appropriate Preposition

Comparing English: UK vs. US

III. Examples and Experiments for Evaluation

(1) Estimating the Appropriate Preposition

Estimating the preposition for “your own risk”

Comparing English: UK vs. US

English sentence in a specific English dialect.

Satoh’s system … webcorpusSUIKO…detects wrong sentencesApplications using Google Web APIsDSR: Distributed System Recorder

A Benchmarking tool for distributed systems. A Computer Assisted Teaching system P2P, reliable multicast, …

IV. Related Work

WebLEAP: A tool for helping with writing.

Popularities of expressions. Frequencies from a Search engine.

KWIC How the expression is used. Filling the lacking word.

Domain specification WebLEAP/DSR

An application of DSR.

V. Concluding Remarks

Precision Discrimination of Native speakers to non

native speakers. Differences from region to region

Collaborative Writing

Further Research Topics

Acknowledgement

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