Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-42gr6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-25T01:34:46.898Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

From the developer to the learner: describing grammar – learning grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Mathias Schulze
Mathias Schulze
Affiliation:
Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, UK
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This paper sketches the place and function of grammar in the context of language learning in general and attempts to show the relevance and usefulness of these formal concepts of grammar to Computer-Assisted Language Learning in particular. The approach to grammar described here will be illustrated through a brief discussion of a grammar checker for English learners of German, ‘Textana’, which is being developed at UMIST.

Type
Selected Papers
Information
ReCALL , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 117 - 124
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1999

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Allen, J. (1995) Natural Language Understanding, New York: Benjamin Cummings.Google Scholar
Benett, P. (1997) Feature-Based Approaches to Grammar, Manchester: UMIST. Unpublished manuscript.Google Scholar
Bolt, P. & Yazdani, M. (1998) The Evolution of a Grammar-Checking Program: LINGER to ISCA. http://www.dcs.exeter.ac.Uk/-masoud/yazdani/author/cahVindex.htm (checked 24/3/98)Google Scholar
Brehony, T. & Ryan, K. (1994) Francophone Stylistic Grammar Checking (FSGC) using Link Grammars, CALL 7 (3), 257–269.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chomsky, N. (1986) Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use, New York: Praeger.Google Scholar
Ellis, R. (1994) The Study of Second Language Acquisition, Oxford: OUPGoogle Scholar
Goodfellow, R. & Metcalfe, P. (1997) (eds.) CALL – The Challenge of Grammar. ReCALL 9 (2) (Special Issue).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hagen, L.K. (1995) “Unification-Based parsing Applications for Intelligent Foreign language Tutoring Systems”. CALICO 12 (2–3),5–31.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Helbig, G. (1975) “Bemerkungen zum Problem von Grammatik und Fremdsprachenunterricht”. Deutsch als Fremdsprache 6 (12), 325–332.Google Scholar
Holland, V.M., Maisano, R, Alderks, C, & Martin, J. (1993) “Parsers in Tutors: What Are They Good For?” CALICO 11 (1), 28–46.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Long, M. (1991) “Focus on Form: A Design Feature in Language Teaching Methodology”. In de Bot, K., Coste, D., Ginsberg, R. & Kramsch, C. (eds.), Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.Google Scholar
Matthews, C. (1993) “Grammar Frameworks in Intelligent CALL”, CALICO 11 (1), 5–27.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Matthews, C. (1992) “Going AI. Foundations of ICALL”, CALLS 5 (1–2), 13–31.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Periera, F. & Warren, D. (1988) “Definite Clause Grammar for Language Analysis”, Artificial Intelligence 13, 231–278CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pollard, C. & Sag, I.A. (1987) Information-Based Syntax and Semantics, Chicago: University Press.Google Scholar
Pollard, C. & Sag, I.A. (1994) Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Chicago: University Press.Google Scholar
Selinker, L. (1992) Rediscovering Interlanguage, London: Longman.Google Scholar
Taylor, H. (1998) Computer Assisted Text Production. Feedback on Grammatical Errors Made by Learners of English as a Foreign Language, Manchester: UMIST (MSc Dissertation).Google Scholar
Tschichold, C, Bodmer, F, Cornu, E, Grosjean, F, Grosjean, L, Kubler, N. & Tschumi, C. (1994) “Detecting and Correcting Errors in Second Language Texts”, CALL 7 (2), 151–160.CrossRefGoogle Scholar