Tactical language and culture training systems: Using AI to teach foreign languages and cultures

AI Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-83

  Lewis Johnson, W ^a   Valente, Andre ^a  

^a ALELO INC   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES; AUTHORING PROCESS; EVALUATION STUDY; FOREIGN LANGUAGE; RUNTIMES; TRAINING SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 77957283680     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1609/aimag.v30i2.2240     Document Type: Article

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