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Stephanie Seneff. Goldie, Anna Darling Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2011-10-17T21:24:01Z 2011-10-17T21:24:01Z 2011 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66420 755241681 Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 110). The goal of this thesis is to build a Computer Aided Language Learning game that simulates a casual conversation in Mandarin Chinese. In the envisioned system, users will chat with a computer on topics ranging from relationship status to favorite Chinese dish. I hope to provide learners with more opportunities to practice speaking and reading foreign languages. The system was designed with generality in mind. The framework allows developers to easily implement dialogue systems to allow students to practice communications in a variety of situations, such as in a street market, at a restaurant, or in a hospital. A user simulator was also implemented, which was useful for the code development, as a tutor for the student, and as an evaluation tool. All of the 18 topics were covered within the 20 sample dialogues, no two dialogues took the same path, questions and remarks were worded differently, and no two users had the same profile, resulting in high variety, coherence, and natural language quality. by Anna Darling Goldie. M.Eng. 110 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. CHATTER : a spoken language dialogue system for language learning applications Haggler : an autonomous dialogue system in the bargaining demain Spoken language dialogue system for language learning applications Autonomous dialogue system in the bargaining demain Thesis application/pdf Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="1d99fba3-a271-4e36-8b81-9b7f223e21c2"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>CHATTER : a spoken language dialogue system for language learning applications</Title> <Subtitle>Haggler : an autonomous dialogue system in the bargaining demain</Subtitle> <Subtitle>Spoken language dialogue system for language learning applications</Subtitle> <Subtitle>Autonomous dialogue system in the bargaining demain</Subtitle> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2011</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Goldie, Anna Darling</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.</Keyword> <Abstract>The goal of this thesis is to build a Computer Aided Language Learning game that simulates a casual conversation in Mandarin Chinese. In the envisioned system, users will chat with a computer on topics ranging from relationship status to favorite Chinese dish. I hope to provide learners with more opportunities to practice speaking and reading foreign languages. The system was designed with generality in mind. The framework allows developers to easily implement dialogue systems to allow students to practice communications in a variety of situations, such as in a street market, at a restaurant, or in a hospital. A user simulator was also implemented, which was useful for the code development, as a tutor for the student, and as an evaluation tool. All of the 18 topics were covered within the 20 sample dialogues, no two dialogues took the same path, questions and remarks were worded differently, and no two users had the same profile, resulting in high variety, coherence, and natural language quality.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>