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Developing and Evaluating a Web-Based Collocation Retrieval Tool for EFL Students and Teachers
Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 24, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 59–76
The development of adequate collocational knowledge is important for foreign language learners; nonetheless, learners often have difficulties in producing proper collocations in the target language. Among the various ways of learning collocations,...
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Developing and Evaluating an Oral Skills Training Website Supported by Automatic Speech Recognition Technology
Howard Hao-Jan Chen
ReCALL Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 59–78
Oral communication ability has become increasingly important to many EFL students. Several commercial software programs based on automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies are available but their prices are not affordable for many students....
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Developing and Evaluating SynctoLearn, a Fully Automatic Video and Transcript Synchronization Tool for EFL Learners
Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 24, No. 2 (2011) pp. 117–130
Authentic videos are always motivational for foreign language learners. According to the findings of many empirical studies, subtitled L2 videos are particularly useful for foreign language learning. Although there are many authentic English videos...
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Dictionaries vs Concordancers: Actual Practice of the Two Different Tools in EFL Writing
Shu-Li Lai; Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 28, No. 4 (2015) pp. 341–363
A number of studies have suggested the possible benefits of using concordancers in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing. To date, however, there is still limited understanding of how EFL writers may make use of such tools along with...
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Using Narrative-Based Contextual Games to Enhance Language Learning: A Case Study
Zhi-Hong Chen; Howard Hao-Jan Chen; Wan-Jhen Dai
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 3 (2018) pp. 186–198
This paper describes a narrative-based design framework that organizes three narrative elements (i.e., storyline, character, and quest) to support a contextual game-based environment for language learning. Using this design framework, a...
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Using a Teacher Support Group to Develop Teacher Knowledge of Mandarin Teaching via Web Conferencing Technology
Jun-Jie Tseng; Yu-Jen Lien; Hao-Jan Chen
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 29, No. 1 (2016) pp. 127–147
Due to its continuous advancement, web conferencing technology is increasingly being integrated into foreign language education; thus, teachers are able to carve out a niche by providing learners with an opportunity to learn a foreign language at a...
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The Impact of Adventure Video Games on Foreign Language Learning and the Perceptions of Learners
Hao-Jan Howard Chen; Ting-Yu Christine Yang
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 21, No. 2 (2013) pp. 129–141
Several researchers have highlighted the potential of applying adventure video games in second language acquisition; however, few studies have investigated the impact of adventure games on foreign language learning. This study aimed to examine the...
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Developing and Evaluating a Chinese Collocation Retrieval Tool for CFL Students and Teachers
Howard Hao-Jan Chen; Jian-Cheng Wu; Christine Ting-Yu Yang; Iting Pan
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 29, No. 1 (2016) pp. 21–39
The development of collocational knowledge is important for foreign language learners; unfortunately, learners often have difficulties producing proper collocations in the target language. Among the various ways of collocation learning, the DDL ...
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An Automatic Collocation Writing Assistant for Taiwanese EFL Learners: A Case of Corpus-Based NLP Technology
Yu-Chia Chang; Jason S. Chang; Hao-Jan Chen; Hsien-Chin Liou
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 21, No. 3 (July 2008) pp. 283–299
Previous work in the literature reveals that EFL learners were deficient in collocations that are a hallmark of near native fluency in learner's writing. Among different types of collocations, the verb-noun (V-N) one was found to be particularly...
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Corpora Processing and Computational Scaffolding for a Web-Based English Learning Environment: The CANDLE Project
Hsien-Chin Liou; Jason S Chang; Hao-Jan Chen; Chih-Cheng Lin; Meei-Ling Liaw; Zhao-Ming Gao; Jyh-Shing Roger Jang; Yuli Yeh; Thomas C. Chuang; Geeng-Neng You
CALICO Journal Vol. 24, No. 1 (September 2006) pp. 77–95
This paper describes the development of an innovative web-based environment for English language learning with advanced data-driven and statistical approaches. The project uses various corpora, including a Chinese-English parallel corpus ("Sinorama")...