Intelligent computer-assisted language instruction
Encyclopedia
Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Instruction (ICALI) involves the application of computing technologies such as Natural language processing
(NLP), Knowledge representation
(KP), Automatic Speech Recognition
(ASR), Neural network
s, and Intelligent tutoring system
s to the teaching and learning of second or foreign languages.
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
(NLP), Knowledge representation
Knowledge representation
Knowledge representation is an area of artificial intelligence research aimed at representing knowledge in symbols to facilitate inferencing from those knowledge elements, creating new elements of knowledge...
(KP), Automatic Speech Recognition
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
(ASR), Neural network
Neural network
The term neural network was traditionally used to refer to a network or circuit of biological neurons. The modern usage of the term often refers to artificial neural networks, which are composed of artificial neurons or nodes...
s, and Intelligent tutoring system
Intelligent tutoring system
An intelligent tutoring system is any computer system that provides direct customized instruction or feedback to students, i.e. without the intervention of human beings, whilst performing a task. Thus, ITS implements the theory of learning by doing. An ITS may employ a range of different...
s to the teaching and learning of second or foreign languages.