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Vocabulary Building Support system by Converting Web pages

Vocabulary Building Support system by Converting Web pages. Hiroki Yoshioka, Taro Yabuki and Hiroshi Sakuta Department of Integrated Information Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University {yabuki,sakuta}@it.aoyama.ac.jp, yoshioka@idea.it.aoyama.ac.jp. About AGU.

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Vocabulary Building Support system by Converting Web pages

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  1. Vocabulary Building Support system by Converting Web pages Hiroki Yoshioka, Taro Yabuki and Hiroshi Sakuta Department of Integrated Information Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University {yabuki,sakuta}@it.aoyama.ac.jp, yoshioka@idea.it.aoyama.ac.jp

  2. About AGU 135 Years Tradition Education based on Christianity Top-Ranking Private University Comprehensive Educational Institution

  3. Ranking Resource: Recruit’s University Brand Survey 2009 AGU has a Strong Brand Competitiveness in Japan & Data: Kawaijuku Educational Institution 2010, Ranked among 595 Japanese Private Universities

  4. Student Body: 19,993 At a Glance - undergraduate: 18,527 As of May 2009 - postgraduate: 1,466 - international students: 294 Faculties’ Members: 456 Administration Staff: 324 Career Support Centre Staff: 15

  5. Location Aoyama Campus Locatedin the heart of Tokyo 125-year-old Traditional Campus Forefront Area of Fashion & Culture Humanities & Social Science: 3rd ~ 4th Year School of Cultural Creative Studies: 2nd ~ 4th Year Sagamihara Campus Located in the outskirts of Tokyo Great Research Environment Latest Facilities (Opened in 2003) Science and Engineering / Social Informatics: ALL Humanities & Social Science: 1st ~ 2nd Year School of Cultural Creative Studies: 1st Year

  6. International Partnerships • Aoyama Gakuin University has 72 partner universities in the world. (Americas: 29, Europe:19, Asia Pacific: 24) • A member of educational consortium, ACUCA（Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia) and IAMSCU（International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges & Universities）

  7. Undergraduate Academics College of Literature (English / French / Japanese / History) College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies College of Economics Faculty of Law School of Business School of International Politics, Economics and Communication School of Cultural Creative Studies College of Science and Engineering School of Social Informatics

  8. Academics Graduate School of Literature (English / French / Japanese / History) Graduate School of Education, Psychology and Human Studies Graduate School Graduate School of Economics Graduate School of Law Graduate School of Business Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Graduate School of Cultural Creative Studies Graduate School of Science and Engineering Graduate School of Social Informatics Aoyama Business School (MBA) Law School Graduate School of Professional Accountancy

  9. Self Learning Solution • Diversified specialized fields>less teachers • Knowledge base for advanced courses • Step for Terminology in every field>share knowledge for communication • Test/Quiz based evaluation system • Web-based system • Large amount of problem set • Automatic generation of sophisticated problems

  10. Conventional on line Systems in Japan for Vocabulary Building of English P-Study System http://cocet.code.u-air.ac.jp/index.html http://www.takke.jp/

  11. Disadvantage of conventional systems １．Load of problem editors 2．No practical system for context-oriented self learning system Sent by system Response Edit Problems Response Sent by hardcopies

  12. Specifications for supposed system Required system specifications • Automatic generating facility for problem set • Problems inferring meaning of target words from context Fundamental technology • Converting arbitrary Web contents into Fill-in-the-blank question for users

  13. Word List Web Page converted in Fill-in-the-blank question Select Word Set Application Server Learner Internet Automatic Scoring Compile Learning Results Feedback from Learning History Database

  14. Example for multi lingual style

  15. Generation of target word set Forgetting function by Ebbinghaus Learning History Target word set Assign target words Word List Select for astep Collected by users or teachers

  16. Forgetting curve by Ebbinghaus By Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve

  17. Conclusions • Automatic generation of problems, grading and feedback to learners reducing loads of working by teachers • Implementation of context-based learning for vocabulary building • Practical use of Web contents for learning • Expected applications for other languages and fields

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