Personalized Text Retrieval for Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language
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Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics |
Publisher | Association for Computational Linguistics |
Pages | 3448-3455 |
ISBN (print) | 9781948087506 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2018 |
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Name | COLING - International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Proceedings |
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Title | The 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2018) |
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Location | Santa Fe Community Convention Center |
Place | United States |
City | New Mexico |
Period | 20 - 26 August 2018 |
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Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(f18f537e-7c19-4a27-b5be-6e15170c3318).html |
Abstract
This paper describes a personalized text retrieval algorithm that helps language learners select the most suitable reading material in terms of vocabulary complexity. The user first rates their knowledge of a small set of words, chosen by a graph-based active learning model. The system trains a complex word identification model on this set, and then applies the model to find texts that contain the desired proportion of new, challenging, and familiar vocabulary. In an evaluation on learners of Chinese as a foreign language, we show that this algorithm is effective in identifying simpler texts for low-proficiency learners, and more challenging ones for high-proficiency learners. © 2018 COLING 2018 - 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Proceedings. All rights reserved.
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Personalized Text Retrieval for Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language. / Yeung, Chak Yan; Lee, John.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018. p. 3448-3455 (COLING - International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Proceedings).
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018. p. 3448-3455 (COLING - International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Proceedings).
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
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