Introduction to the Digital Literacy Instructor Helmer Strik Department of Linguistics Centre for Language and Speech Technology (CLST), The Netherlands Newcastle meeting millennium bridge
Target group & Aims Target group LESLLA learners Number of non- and low-literates in EU : 10 15% Aims Research and development to provide solutions for adult literacy students by: designing L2 literacy acquisition material, and by employing Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) to analyse the learner s read speech output and provide feedback, and test the CALL system in literacy classes with adult L2 learners Introduction to DigLin 2
General information EU 'Lifelong Learning Programme' (LLP) multilateral project 3 years: 2013-2015 5 partners:, the Netherlands Friesland College, the Netherlands University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK University Leipzig, Germany / University Vienna, Austria University of Jyväskylä, Finland 4 languages (L2 s) with varying orthographic depth: Opaque (deep) : English Intermediate : Dutch & German Transparent (shallow) : Finnish Introduction to DigLin 3
Pedagogical perspectives Suitable for adults without any formal education Approach: Materials prompt problem solving Other students and teachers can act as resources Newcastle meeting discussing these issues Introduction to DigLin 4
Current situation We have developed a CALL system with content: 15 sets of 20 words (selection criteria) and a first version of the speech technology See the project website : www://diglineu/ We will continue with teacher training and then field testing We will keep trying to improve the system, based on testing results and feedback Many possibilities, questions, eg regarding feedback If you have suggestions, please let us know CALL system intro İntroduction to DigLin 5
DigLin workshop CC3 Helmer Strik Introduction to the Digital literacy instructor TP2-3 (floor 1) Jan Deutekom Jan Willem Overal Try out DigLin Try out DigLin TP1 (floor 1) Marta Dawidowicz German : Try out DigLin all languages 250 Rola Naeb Enas Filimban 272 Taina Tammelin-Laine 253 Ineke van de Craats English : Finnish : Feedback in DigLin Dutch : Structure in DigLin English : Selection of sounds and words Finnish : Dutch : Feedback in DigLin 254 Helmer Strik Catia Cucchiarini Introduction to DigLin 6 Speech technology for language learning Speech technology for language learning
The DigLin team per partner - listed alphabetically P1, the Netherlands Ineke van de Craats, Catia Cucchiarini, Joost van Doremalen, Henk van den Heuvel, Vanja de Lint, Helmer Strik P2 Friesland College, the Netherlands Robin Boersma, Jan Deutekom, Daniel van der Linden, Jan-Willem Overal P3 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Enas Filimban, Rola Naeb, Martha Young-Scholten P4 Univ Leipzig, Germany / P6 Univ Vienna, Austria Marta Dawidowicz, Karen Schramm P5 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Maisa Martin, Taina Tammelin-Laine Kick-off meeting in Nijmegen Introduction to DigLin 7
The DigLin team per partner - listed alphabetically P1, the Netherlands Ineke van de Craats, Catia Cucchiarini, Joost van Doremalen, Henk van den Heuvel, Vanja de Lint, Helmer Strik P2 Friesland College, the Netherlands Robin Boersma, Jan Deutekom, Daniel van der Linden, Jan-Willem Overal P3 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Enas Filimban, Rola Naeb, Martha Young-Scholten P4 Univ Leipzig, Germany / P6 Univ Vienna, Austria Marta Dawidowicz, Karen Schramm P5 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Maisa Martin, Taina Tammelin-Laine Kick-off meeting in Nijmegen Introduction to DigLin 8
http://hstrikruhostingnl/ http://hstrikruhostingnl/publications/ http://hstrikruhostingnl/projects/ http://hstrikruhostingnl/diglin/ http://wwwdiglineu/ Introduction to DigLin 9