Techniques for Generating Language Learning Resources: A System for Generating Exercises for the Differentiation of Literal and Metaphorical Context

Ericka Ovando Becerril, Hiram Calvo

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Abstract

Automatic generation systems for language learning, as well as computer-assisted language learning (CALL) systems have evolved according to the demands of teachers and students. For those systems, it is important to review Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques aimed at that task, considering other disciplines such as Computational Sciences, Computational Linguistics and Creativity for teaching and learning other languages. This work is twofold. First, it presents an effort to review the main characteristics, methods and techniques used for its implementation, relevance and profitability of the systems developed in recent years; considering the importance to develop the abilities to recognize literal use of language as well as its non literal use, particularly metaphorical expressions in the natural process of learning a new language. For the second part, it presents a system that, based on the Trofi dataset (Gao G. et al. 2018), is able to generate different exercises to strengthen the students’ abilities to read and recognize the use of some verbs in literal and non-literal contexts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Computational Intelligence - 21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022, Proceedings
EditorsObdulia Pichardo Lagunas, Bella Martínez Seis, Juan Martínez-Miranda
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages178-192
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783031194955
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022 - Monterrey, Mexico
Duration: 24 Oct 202229 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13613 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMonterrey
Period24/10/2229/10/22

Keywords

  • Automatic generation systems for language learning
  • Literal
  • Metaphorical
  • Natural language processing

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