Computer Assisted Language Learning · 2002 · 16 citations · 0 references
EducationEducational TechnologyEnglish As A Second LanguageIntelligent Tutoring SystemsSecond Language EducationSecond Language LearningQuestion AnsweringTutorial Dialogue SystemsTutoring System EvaluationUser ModelingAuthoring Tools DesignIntelligent Computer-assisted Language LearningIntelligent Tutoring DialoguesIntelligent Tutoring Systems EvaluationSecond Language ProcessingTutoring Dialogue Systems
This paper describes the Tutor Assistant, an authoring tool for an Intelligent Language Tutoring systems (ILTS) for English as a Second Language (ESL). The common goal of authoring tools for ITSs is to reduce the costs in expertise and time that is required to produce a usable intelligent learning environment. The Tutor Assistant is designed to be usable by language instructions with little of no experience of ILTSs and ILTS authoring tools. This paper reports on a recent study which evaluates the degree to which typical users of our system can author good quality content for an ILTS and establishes benchmarks for development times.