Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Speech and Language Technology in Education, SLaTE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-76

  Strik, Helmer ^a   Cornillie, Frederik ^b   Colpaert, Jozef ^b   van Doremalen, Joost ^a   Cucchiarini, Catia ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; CALL SYSTEMS; DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES; MATCHINGS; NON-NATIVE SPEECH; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 84924066545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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