Evaluating the language resources of chatbots for their potential in English as a second language

ReCALL

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-116

  Coniam, David ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CALL; chatbots; ESL; linguistic accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849130557     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344008000815     Document Type: Article

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