Presentations

Invited talks

  

• On the Annotation and Use of Learner Language Corpora. mit Luiz Amaral. Invited Colloquium on ``Bridging Computational and Applied Linguistics: Implementation Challenges and Benefits'' at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL-09). 21. March 2009. Denver, Colorado.

    

• How about Meaning in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning? CALICO-09 Panel on Successes and Challenges of ICALL for Learning, Teaching and Research. 12. March 2009. Tempe, Arizona.

    

• Diagnosing meaning errors in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Seminaire Traitement Automatique des Langues et des Connaissances. LORIA, Nancy, Frankreich. 29. January 2009.

    

Invited talks

  

• Diagnosing meaning errors in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Computational Linguistics Colloquium. Department of Computational Linguistics and Phonetics and the International Post-Graduate College in Language Technology and Cognitive Systems. Saarbrücken. 20. November 2008

    

• On Annotating Learner Language: A Computational Linguistic Perspective. Informatización de la descripción lingüística aplicada a la diagnosis experimental del aprendizaje del inglés. Scientific Meeting. University of Jaén, Spanien. 9. Juni 2008.

    

Peer reviewed conference talks (without proceedings)

  

• Tapping into the synergy between SLA, Foreign Language Instruction and Natural Language Processing in ICALL. Symposium on Instruction and Modeling in ICALL. AILA: 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. 25. August 2008. Essen.

    

• Little Things With Big Effects: On the identification and interpretation of tokens for error diagnosis in ICALL. with Luiz Amaral. CALICO 2008 Preconference workshop on Automatic Analysis of Learner Language Workshop. 19. March 2008. San Francisco.

    

Invited talks

  

• Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning: An Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Research. Indiana University Linguistics Club. 7. November 2007. Bloomington, Indiana.

    

• On Using Corpora for Syntactic Research. Indiana University. Department of Linguistics. 7. November 2007. Bloomington, Indiana.

    

• Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning - Connecting Pedagogical Needs, Linguistic Modeling, and Natural Language Processing. Current Trends in (Teaching) Computational Lingustics DAAD-Workshop. Freudenstadt, 18.-22. Juni 2007.

    

Peer reviewed conference talks (without proceedings)

  

• Extending learner models for intelligent computer-assisted language learning beyond grammar. with Luiz Amaral. Fifth Annual Conference on Technology for Second Language Learning (TSLL). Towards Adaptive CALL: Natural Language Processing for Diagnostic Language Assessment. 21. September 2007. Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa.

    

• Putting activity models in the driver's seat: Towards a demand-driven NLP architecture for ICALL. with Luiz Amaral. EUROCALL 2007, Symposium on NLP in CALL. 5.-8. September 2007. University of Ulster, Coleraine Campus, Ireland. (slides, listen to talk)

    

• Designing Learner Models for Intelligent Language Tutors. with Luiz Amaral. CALICO 2007. 22.-26. Mai 2007. Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. (slides)

    

• On automatically evaluating answers to reading comprehension questions. with Stacey Bailey. CALICO 2007. 22.-26. Mai 2007. Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. (slides)

    

Invited talks

  

• Detecting Errors in Corpus Annotation. Dublin Computational Linguistics Research Seminars. (DCLRS, DCU/UCD/DIT/Trinity College), Dublin, Ireland. 13. Oktober 2006.

    

• Exploring Interfaces and Issues in Intelligent Computer-Aided Language Learning. Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. 12. Oktober 2006.

    

• Towards a Treatment of Word Order Errors in Computer-Aided Language Learning. When To Use Deep Processing - and When Not To. Large-scale Grammar Development and Grammar Engineering Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, University of Haifa, Israel. 25. Juni 2006.

    

• Using Natural Language Processing for Foreign Language Teaching: Pitfalls and Opportunities. Department of Linguistics Speaker Series. Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 25.April 2006.

    

• TAGARELA: Connecting Linguistic Modeling, Natural Language Processing and Pedagogical Needs in Foreign Language Teaching. Panel on Innovation in Instructional Technology: Examples, Methods, People. Digital Union and Humanities Information Systems, Columbus, Ohio. 12. April 2006.

    

Peer reviewed conference presentations (without proceedings)

  

• Using Foreign Language Tutoring Systems for Grammatical Feedback. with Luiz Amaral. EUROCALL 2006. Granada, Spain. September 4.-7. September 2006. (slides)

    

• Exercise-Driven Selection of Content Matching Methodologies. with Stacey Bailey. EUROCALL 2006. Granada, Spain. 4.-7. September 2006. (slides)

    

• Generating Web-based English Preposition Exercises from Real-World Texts. with Vanessa Metcalf. EUROCALL 2006. Granada, Spain. 4.-7. September 2006. (slides)

    

• Where Does ICALL Fit into Foreign Language Teaching. with Luiz Amaral. CALICO 2006. 19. Mai 2006. University of Hawaii. (slides)

    

• Language Awareness through Re-use of NLP Technology. with Luiz Amaral und Vanessa Metcalf. Pre-conference Workshop on NLP in CALL - Computational and Linguistic Challenges. CALICO 2006. 17. Mai 2006. University of Hawaii. (slides)

    

• When to Use Deep Processing and When Not To - The Example of Word Order Errors. with Vanessa Metcalf. Pre-conference Workshop on NLP in CALL - Computational and Linguistic Challenges. CALICO 2006. 17. Mai 2006. University of Hawaii. (slides)