Automatic detection and correction of syntax errors in tutoring systems for language instruction

H. Harkema

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Abstract

This paper presents a method for the detection and correction of syntactic errors of competence, as produced by language learners using a tutoring system for second language instruction. The method is inspired by the realization that the correction of a syntactic error essentially is the translation of an incorrect sentence into a correct sentence. The method is based on explicit grammars for correct as well as incorrect sentences. These grammars are tuned to one another, so as to allow for a systematic mapping of structures describing incorrect sentences onto structures describing correct sentences.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCLIN-VI: Papers from the sixth CLIN Meeting
EditorsC. Durieux, W. Daelemans, S. Gillis
Place of PublicationAntwerp
PublisherUniversity of Antwerp
Pages93-109
ISBN (Print)90-5728-006-X
Publication statusPublished - 1996

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