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Using LARA for language learning: a pilot study for Icelandic

Published:2019-12-09 Issue: Volume: Page:33-38
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Container-title:CALL and complexity – short papers from EUROCALL 2019
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Author:

Bédi Branislav¹,Chua Cathy²,Habibi Hanieh³,Martinez-Lopez Ruth⁴,Rayner Manny⁵

Affiliation:

1. The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland

2. Independent scholar, Geneva, Switzerland

3. FTI/TIM University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

4. Seville University, Seville, Spain

5. University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

This paper presents a brief overview of LARA (Learning And Reading Assistant), an open source online tool that has been under development since summer 2018. LARA currently contains a corpus of about 25 texts in ten languages and a crowdsourcing model used to expand the corpus. The central goal is to provide support for improving second language (L2) reading comprehension. The focus here is on the development of Icelandic content and its use during pilot testing amongst adult L2 learners of Icelandic. Preliminary feedback from users, while mostly positive, contained suggestions on how the tool might be improved.

Funder

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

Swiss National Science Foundation

Publisher

Research-publishing.net

Link

https://research-publishing.net/publication/chapters/978-2-490057-54-2/982.pdf

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