Construction of a Learner Corpus for Japanese Language Learners: Natane and Nutmeg
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https://doi.org/10.4312/ala.4.2.37-51Keywords:
writing assistance, register, CALLAbstract
Japanese language learners aim to acquire reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. We at the Hinoki project (https://hinoki-project.org/) have recently been working on the Natsume collocation search system (https://hinoki-project.org/natsume/), the Natane learner corpus to support Natsume (https://hinoki-project.org/natane/) and the Nutmeg writing support system (http://hinoki-project.org/nutmeg/). In order to test the effectiveness of Nutmeg, we conducted an online experiment with 36 participants who used the system's register misuse identification feature to correct four writing assignments. Results show that Nutmeg can be an effective tool in correcting common register-related errors, especially those involving auxiliary verbs. However, the accuracy of verb and adverb identification was too low, suggesting the need for improvements in the variety of corpora used for identifying register misuse.Downloads
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Hodošček, B., Abekawa, T., Bekeš, A., & Nishina, K. (2011). Assisting co-occurrence production in report writing: Evaluation of writing assistance tool Natsume. Journal of Technical Japanese Education, 13, 33–40. doi:10.11448/jtje.13.33
Hodošček, B. & Nishina, K. (2011, August). On the treatment of register in writing assistance systems. (Vol. 2, pp. 522–523). International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2011. Tianjin, China.
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Ichikawa, Y. (1997). A Dictionary of Japanese Language Learners’ Errors. Bonjinsha.
Imai, S. & Kuroda, F. (2012). A method of associating j-cat with other tests. Departmental Bulletin of the Tsukuba University International Student Center on Japanese Language Education, (27), 57–66.
Ishioka, T. (2008, January). Latest trends in automated essay scoring and evaluation. Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (Special Issue on the Automatic Evaluation of Text), 23(1), 17–24. Retrieved from http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006570441/en/
Nishina, K., Kamada, M., Cao, H., Utashiro, T., & Muraoka, T. (Eds.). (2012). Nihongo gakushūsien no kōchiku: Gengo kyōiku kōpasu shisutemu kaihatu [Constructing Japanese language learning: Language education, corpus and system development]. Tokyo, Japan: Bonjinsha
Teramura, H. (1990). Gaikokujin gakushūsha no nihongo goyōreishū [Collection of errors from learners of Japanese as a foreign language]. Osaka University. Retrieved from http://www.ninjal.ac.jp/teramuragoyoureishu/pdf
Yagi, Y., Hodošček, B., & Nishina, K. (2012, March). BCCWJ to gakushūsha sakubun kōpasu o riyōshita nihongo sakubun shien [Japanese writing assistance using the BCCWJ and a learner corpus]. (pp. 315-320). In Dai ikkai kōpasu nihongogaku wākushoppu yokōshū [Proceeding of the first workshop on Japanese corpus linguistics]. Dai ikkai nihongo kōpasu wākushoppu [First workshop on Japanese corpus linguistics]. Tokyo.
Yagi, Y., Hodošček, B., Abekawa, T., & Nishina, K. (2014, March). Evaluation of Error Detection in Japanese Composition Support System “Nutmeg”. In Dai gokai kōpasu nihongo wākushoppu yokōshū [Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Japanese Corpus Linguistics] (pp. 167–170). Dai gokai nihongo kōpasu wākushoppu [5th Workshop on Japanese Corpus Linguistics]. NINJAL.
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NISHINA, K., HODOŠČEK, B., YAGI, Y., & ABEKAWA, T. (2014). Construction of a Learner Corpus for Japanese Language Learners: Natane and Nutmeg. Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 4(2), 37–51. https://doi.org/10.4312/ala.4.2.37-51
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