AI助力语言教学,让智能助教应对师资短缺与远程学习需求。
An overview of artificial intelligence in computer-assisted language learning
- 从开发者视角梳理AI在语言学习中的应用方法
- 现有系统多为原型或局部功能,完整商用方案稀缺
- 适合教育科技开发者与跨学科研究者参考
计算机辅助语言学习(CALL)是一个成熟的研究领域。本文综述人工智能如何支持语言学习与教学。随着疫情、远程学习需求增长、人口迁移及对可持续低成本学习支持的需求上升,具备智能辅助能力的系统日益重要。教师资源有限且成本高昂,难以满足不断增长的需求。CALL系统由多个组件构成,涵盖多种功能,人工智能被应用于诸多方面,对应各自独立的研究方向。目前多数研究成果和实际应用仍停留在原型或部分功能实现阶段;完整解决方案(多为商业产品)较少,因需巨大资源投入。尽管近年来人工智能技术取得进展,有望提升CALL效能,但针对该领域的专门综述仍不足。本文旨在从一个CALL系统开发者的角度,提供人工智能在语言学习中应用的视角,并促进不同学科间的连接,推动跨学科合作。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Computer-assisted language learning -- CALL -- is an established research field. We review how artificial intelligence can be applied to support language learning and teaching. The need for intelligent agents that assist language learners and teachers is increasing: the human teacher's time is a scarce and costly resource, which does not scale with growing demand. Further factors contribute to the need for CALL: pandemics and increasing demand for distance learning, migration of large populations, the need for sustainable and affordable support for learning, etc. CALL systems are made up of many components that perform various functions, and AI is applied to many different aspects in CALL, corresponding to their own expansive research areas. Most of what we find in the research literature and in practical use are prototypes or partial implementations -- systems that perform some aspects of the overall desired functionality. Complete solutions -- most of them commercial -- are few, because they require massive resources. Recent advances in AI should result in improvements in CALL, yet there is a lack of surveys that focus on AI in the context of this research field. This paper aims to present a perspective on the AI methods that can be employed for language learning from a position of a developer of a CALL system. We also aim to connect work from different disciplines, to build bridges for interdisciplinary work.
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