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Advanced Communication Techniques for IMCTS Graduate Students

This course, offered during the Spring 2012 semester, is designed for IMCTS graduate students. It emphasizes the importance of communication in various forms, focusing on both spoken and written language processing technologies. Students are informed that their interactions may be recorded for research and educational purposes while ensuring anonymity. Instructor Goh Kawai brings a wealth of experience from prestigious institutions and a diverse academic background. Participants will engage with innovative grading tools and language learning applications to enhance their communicative skills.

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Advanced Communication Techniques for IMCTS Graduate Students

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  1. Language communication2011-07-03 2012 spring semester, Tue6elective course for IMCTS graduate studentsIMC-101

  2. make roster • write • full name • furigana • email address pass sheet

  3. informed consent • your speech and actions maybe recorded, archived and, without revealing your identity, used and made public for research and education purposes • if you disagree, I will neither record nor retaliate • 学生の言動を録音し、保存し、匿名としたうえで研究と教育のために利用したり公開する可能性がある

  4. instructor • Goh Kawai (河合　剛かわい　ごう) • born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto • came to Sapporo in 2003-04

  5. goh’s academic background • Univ of Tokyo • BA linguistics, 1984 • ICU • MA educational technology, 1986 • Stanford Univ • linguistics (dropout) • Univ of Tokyo • PhD information and communication engineering, 1999

  6. goh’s vocational background • Xerox Palo Alto Research CenterPalo Alto, CA • SRI International Menlo Park, CA • University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan • University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA • Oregon Graduate InstituteBeaverton, OR • UniversiteitAntwerpenAntwerpen, België

  7. goh’s interests • research • spoken and written language processing technology applied to language learning • personal interests • flying, kayaking, cycling, snowshoeing, amateur radio, sado (way of tea)

  8. alumni • 平野宏子東京大学　博士(科学)吉林華僑外国語学院 • 歌代崇史東京工業大学　博士(工学)北海学園大学 • 三角美樹札幌開成高校 • 壽崎尚美教材制作 • 片桐徳昭札幌開成高校、博士進学

  9. pronunciation lunch

  10. instructor-led course

  11. english online

  12. online language courses • lots of • students (2665) • study hours (24x7) • assignments (45 hours worth) • we need • technology that scales • automatic grading tools

  13. speech recognition • http://www.technobuffalo.com/comparisons/google-search-vs-apples-siri-voice-off-battle/

  14. demo • view praat • time waveform • spectogram • spectral slice • sound sources show praat • vowels • consonants • pure tones (sinusoids)

  15. natural language processing • machines grade essays

  16. slideshow • if there's time

  17. thanks, and good luck mailto:grad@kawai.com http://goh.kawai.com/

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