Jinxia Huang

GenieTutor: A Computer-Assisted Second-Language Learning System Based on Spoken Language Understanding

This paper introduces a computer-assisted second-language learning system using spoken language understanding. The system consists of automatic speech recognition, semantic/grammar correction evaluation, and tutoring module. The speech recognition is optimized for non-natives as well as natives for educational purpose and smooth interaction. Semantic/grammar correction evaluation evaluates whether the non-native learners utterance is appropriate semantically and is correct grammatically. Tutoring module decides to go to the next turn or ask the learner to try again, and also provides a turn-by-turn corrective feedback using evaluation results. We constructed English learning service consisting of three stages such as Pronunciation Clinic, Think&Talk and Look&Talk using the system.