Themes in Science and Technology Education
2010 Volume 3, Number 1
Editors
AthanassiosMikropoulos, Tassos A. Jimoyiannis
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 14
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Information retrieval for education: making search engines language aware
Niels Ott & Detmar Meurers
Search engines have been a major factor in making the web the successful and widely usedinformation source it is today. Generally speaking, they make it possible to retrieve web pageson a topic... More
pp. 9-30
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A software application for assessing readability in the Japanese EFL context
Toshiaki Ozasa, George Weir & Masayasu Fukui
We have been engaged in developing a readability index and its application software attunedfor Japanese EFL learners. The index program, Ozasa-Fukui Year Level Program, Ver. 1.0, wasused in... More
pp. 31-44
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The use of weblog in language learning: motivation of second language learners in reading classroom
Ahmad Sulaiman & Asiah Kassim
The age of technology has enabled learners to interact with other users outside the four wallsof the classroom. Weblogs, in particular, provide a channel for asynchronous... More
pp. 45-61
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Language learning in a wiki: Student contributions in a web based learning environment
Linda Bradley, Berner Lindstrm, Hans Rystedt & Sylvi Vigmo
Emerging social writing platforms offer possibilities for language learners to collaboratearound joint assignments. One such environment is the wiki, generally hosting two prominentmodes of usage, ... More
pp. 63-80
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A tagger for teaching purposes
Paul Bennett
This paper describes a software system intended to help students learn about the process oftagging, the assignment of part-of-speech labels, which is basic to computational linguistics. Itdoes this... More
pp. 81-92
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Word spelling assessment using ICT: The effect of presentation modality
Menelaos Sarris & Chris Panagiotakopoulos
Up-to-date spelling process was assessed using typical spelling-to-dictation tasks, wherechildren’s performance was evaluated mainly in terms of spelling error scores. In the presentwork a... More
pp. 93-118
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An e-project-based approach to ESP learning in an ICT curriculum in higher education
Irene Mamakou & Maria Grigoriadou
The interest in the integration of language learning with knowledge/content construction isgrowing around the world leading to Content-Based Instruction (CBI) which emphasizes theconnection between... More
pp. 119-137
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A corpus-based study on Asian learners’ use of English linking adverbials
Shin’ichiro Ishikawa
ICT influences various phases of language studies and education. Its application for appliedlinguistics has been mainly attempted in the field of corpus linguistics, which describes hownative... More
pp. 139-157
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A corpus-based study on Asian learners’ use of English linking adverbials
Shin\u2019ichiro Ishikawa
ICT influences various phases of language studies and education. Its application for appliedlinguistics has been mainly attempted in the field of corpus linguistics, which describes hownative... More
pp. 139-157
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A new parallel corpus approach to Japanese learners’ English, using their corrected essays
Nozomi Miki
This research introduces unique parallel corpora to uncover linguistic behaviors in L2argumentative writing in the exact correspondence to their appropriate forms provided byEnglish native speakers... More
pp. 159-180
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A new parallel corpus approach to Japanese learners’ English, using their corrected essays
Nozomi Miki
This research introduces unique parallel corpora to uncover linguistic behaviors in L2argumentative writing in the exact correspondence to their appropriate forms provided byEnglish native speakers... More
pp. 159-180
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The use of epistemic markers as a means of hedging and boosting in the discourse of L1 and L2 speakers of Modern Greek: A corpus-based study in informal letter-writing
Lia Efstathiadi
The paper investigates the semantic area of Epistemic Modality in Modern Greek, by means ofa corpus-based research. A comparative, quantitative study was performed between writtencorpora (informal ... More
pp. 181-206
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A corpus-based study on images of family members
Yuka Ishikawa
Innovative computer technology has sparked a revolutionary change in the area of languageanalysis. Individual researchers are increasingly likely to access huge corpora containingseveral hundred... More
pp. 207-221
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Second language writing classification system based on word-alignment distribution
Katsunori Kotani & Takehiko Yoshimi
The present paper introduces an automatic classification system for assisting second language(L2) writing evaluation. This system, which classifies sentences written by L2 learners as eithernative ... More
pp. 223-238