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Predicting the receptive lexical Competence of Language Learners through a personalised and adaptive Model integrating a meaning-based Approach KU Leuven

Cédrick Fairon, Piet Desmet
Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

This project is situated in the intersection of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Natural Language Processing and aims at modeling the receptive lexical competence of French and Dutch as a foreign language learners. Recently, a number of computational linguistic models have been elaborated to automatically predict a language learner's individual lexical competence. However, these studies present two shortcomings: (1) they adopt a ...

The effectiveness of technology-enhanced language learning for lexical competence in speaking: The case of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Vietnam. KU Leuven

Elke Peters
Language and Education, Antwerp Campus, Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

Research has shown that there is a strong relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language proficiency (Staehr, 2008). Most research so far has focused on vocabulary and written skills and reading in particular. Only recently, vocabulary research has shifted its attention to listening (Staehr, 2009; Van Zeeland & Schmitt, 2013). However, there are hardly any studies on vocabulary acquisition and speaking. Therefore, this project ...

It's all about words. Three empirical studies into the role of lexical knowledge and use in French listening and speaking tasks KU Leuven

Elke Peters
Faculty of Arts, Antwerp Campus, Language and Education, Antwerp Campus, Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is probably the most influential document for educational language policy in Europe. The language-neutral CEFR describes language tasks and linguistic competences for any European language and links them to six levels of language proficiency (from A1 to C2) with the explicit aim to make language courses and proficiency levels more comparable throughout the EU. However, in spite ...