Last update: May, 2021
Dr. Martí Quixal
Postdoc researcher, Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft and Schulpsychologie,
University of Tübingen
About me
I am a postdoc researcher working at the interface of Computer-Assisted Language Learning, School Pscyhology and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. I am affiliated both at the Seminar für Sprachwissensschaft and the Arbeitsbereich Schulpscyhologie at the University of Tübingen.
I am also a research associate of the LEAD Graduate School & Research Network.
Research interests
- The use of Natural Language Processing to support language instruction
- The use, the pros and the cons of implementing new technologies and methodologies in the school context
- Teaching learning strategies as a means to increase motivation in the foreign language classroom
Projects
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DigBinDiff: followup of the FeedBook project.
The main goal of the project is to implement an adaptive language tutoring
system (called Didi) based on the previously existing one
and to evaluate in real instruction contexts in secondary schools in the Baden-Württemberg area, Germany.
- ORCA: Online Research in Cognitive Assessment
Publications
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Peer-reviewed publications -
2021,
2020,
2016,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006,
2004,
2002,
2001
Talks, talks, talks -
2015,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2003
Manuscripts and Reports -
2017,
2012,
2005,
2004,
2003
NLP community services -
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2009
Peer-reviewed publications
2021
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Martí Quixal, Björn Rudzewitz, Elizabeth Bear and Detmar Meurers. Automatic annotation of curricular language targets to enrich activity models and support both pedagogy and adaptive systems. In 10th Workshop on NLP for CALL
NoDaLiDa workshop, Online, May 31 2021.
2020
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Friederike Blume, Martí Quixal, Justin Hudak, Thomas Dresler,
Caterina Gawrilow, and Ann-Christine Ehlis.
Development of Reading Abilities in Children with ADHD
Following fNIRS-Neurofeedback or EMG-Biofeedback. In Lernen und Lernstörungen 2020, 9 (3),
163 - 174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1024/2235-0977/a000302
2016
- Martí Quixal and Detmar Meurers. How can writing tasks be characterized in a way serving pedagogical goals and automatic analysis needs?. CALICO Journal, Special Issue on Automated Writing Evaluation in Language Teaching: Theory, Development, and Application. Guest editors: Volker Hegelheimer, Ahmet Dursun and Zhi Li. Vol. 33, 1. Pages: 19-48.
2014
- Maite Melero, Marta R. Costa-jussà, Patrik Lambert and Martí Quixal. Selection of correction candidates for the normalization of Spanish user-generated content. In Natural Language Engineering, Available on CJO 2014 doi:10.1017/S1351324914000011. Copyrights Cambridge University Press. (link)
2013
- 2013 Rachael Gilg, Martí Quixal, and Arthur Wendorf. A video corpus for language learning: open source tools and materials from the Corpus-to-Classroom project. In Proceedings of the 2013 Conference For The International Association For Language Learning, 2013.
- Martí Quixal, Rachael Gilg, Arthur Wendorf, Barbara E. Bullocck, and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio. SPinTX Corpus-to-Classroom: A Teacher-Centered Pedagogical Interface for the Spanish in Texas Corpus. In Proceedings of the CALICO Conference, 2013.
2012
- Maite Melero, Marta R. Costa-Jussà, Judith Domingo,
Montse Marquina, and Martí Quixal. 2012. "Holaaa!! writin
like u talk is kewl but kinda hard 4 NLP".
In Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on
Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'12). Editors: Nicoletta Calzolari (Conference
Chair), Khalid Choukri, Thierry Declerck, Mehmet
Uğur Doğan, Bente Maegaard, Joseph Mariani, Jan
Odijk, and Stelios Piperidis. Published by European Language Resources
Association (ELRA). May 23-25,
2012. Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN: 978-2-9517408-7-7. [Conference link, open access]
2011
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Toni Badia, Judith Domingo, Richard Easton, Simona
Gabureanu, Istrate Olimpius, Martí Quixal, Mike Sharwood
Smith, Paul Schmidt, Irina Vasilescu. “Integrating Call In
Early Education Environments (ICE3)”. Proceedings of
INTED2011 Conference. 7-9 March 2011, Valencia,
Spain. ISBN:978-84-614-7423-3. [Publisher's link]
2010
- Víctor Pascual, Lorenzo Vigentini and Martí
Quixal. "Visualising Virtual Learning Environments: Case
Studies of the Website Exploration Tool. In Proceedings
14th International Conference on Information
Visualisation, 26th--29th July 2010, South Bank
University, London, United Kingdom. [Publisher's link]
- Martí Quixal, Susanne Preuß, David García-Narbona i Beto
Boullosa. "AutoLearn's Authoring Tool: A Piece of Cake for
Teachers". In Proceedings of The 5th Workshop on
Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational
Applications. 11th Annual Conference of the North
American Chapter of the Association for Computational
Linguistics. Los Angeles, California, United States, June
1-6, 2010. [PDF, slides]
- Maite Melero, Gemma Boleda, Montse Cuadros, Cristina
España-Bonet, Lluís Padró, Martí Quixal, Carlos Rodríguez
i Roser Saurí. (2010), Language technology challenges of a
"small" language (Catalan). In Proceedings of the
Seventh International Language Resources and Evaluation
(LREC'10) pp. 925-930 Malta. ISBN 2-9517408-6-7. [PDF]
2009
- Gemma Boleda, Montse Cuadros, Cristina España-Bonet, Maite Melero,
Lluís Padró, Martí Quixal i Carlos Rodríguez. (2009), Sobre la I
Jornada del Processament Computacional del Català A: Llengua i Ús,
vol. 45, pg. 23--32. ISSN: 2013-052X. [PDF]
- Gemma Boleda, Montse Cuadros, Cristina España-Bonet, Maite
Melero, Lluís Padró, Martí Quixal i Carlos Rodríguez. (2009),
Conclusiones de la primera Jornada del Procesamiento Computacional
del Catalán Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, 43,
387-388. September, 2009. ISSN: 1135-5948.
- Gemma Boleda, Montse Cuadros, Cristina España-Bonet, Maite
Melero, Lluís Padró, Martí Quixal i Carlos Rodríguez. (2009), El
català i les tecnologies de la llengua A: Llengua, Societat i
Comunicació, vol 7, 20-26, 2009. ISSN 1697 5928. [PDF]
- Estrada, M., Navarro-Prieto, R., Quixal, M. (2009) "Combined
evaluation of a virtual learning environment: use of qualitative
methods and log interpretation to evaluate a computer mediated
language course". In Proceedings of EDULEARN09, 6th-8th of July,
2009, Barcelona (Spain).
- Estrada, M., Navarro, R. and Quixal, M. "A framework for the
evaluation of language learning platforms". In Proceedings of the
e-Society IADIS International Conference, vol. II. Ed. by Piet
Kommers and Pedro Isaías. February, 25th-28th, Barcelona,
Spain. Pages 95-99.
2008
- Quixal, Martí, Badia, Toni, Benavent, Francesc, Boullosa, Jose
R., Domingo, Judith, Grau, Bernat, Massó, Guillem, Valentín,
Oriol. User-Centred Design of Error Correction Tools. In
Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and
Evaluation (LREC'08) Marrakech, Morocco. [PDF]
2006
- Quixal, M., Badia, T., Boullosa, B., Díaz, L. and Ruggia,
A. (2006). “Strategies for the Generation of Individualised
Feedback in Distance Language Learning”. In Proceedings of
the Workshop on Language-Enabled Technology and Development
and Evaluation of Robust Spoken Dialogue Systems of ECAI
2006. Riva del Garda, Italy, Sept. 2006. [PDF (camera ready version before publication)]
2004
- Badia, T., Díaz, L., Quixal, M., Ruggia, A., Garnier, S. and
Schmidt, P. (2004) “Individualised NLP-Enhanced Feedback for
Distance Language Learning”. In: Looi, Chee-Kit, L.,
Sutinen, E., Sampson, D. G., Aedo, I., Uden, L. and
Kähkönen, E. (eds.) ICALT 2004 - Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
30 August - 1 September, 2004, Joensuu, Finland.
- Badia, T., Gil, A., Quixal, M. and Valentín,
O. 2004. NLP-enhanced error checking for Catalan
unrestricted text. In Proceedings of Fourth International
Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. Lisbon,
vol.VI p. 1919-1922.
- Aguilar, L., Alsina, A., Avilés, A., Badia, T., Balari, S., Boleda,
G., Bott, S., Brumme, J., Colominas, C., Espunya, C., Fontana, J.,
Fontseca, J., Gil, A., Hernández, C., Mayol, L., McNally, L., de la
Mota, C., Quixal, M., Rodríguez, Y. Valentín, O., Vallduví, E.,
Vallverdú, T. 2004. PrADo: Preparación Automatizada de Documentos (TIC
2000-1681). Tech report.
2002
- Alsina, À., T. Badia, G. Boleda, S. Bott, À. Gil, M. Quixal,
O. Valentín. 2002. CATCG: un sistema de análisis
morfosintáctico para el catalán. Revista de Procesamiento
del Lenguaje Natural, 29, Sept., pp. 309-310.,
- Badia, T., G. Boleda, J. Brumme, C. Colominas,
M. Garmendia, M. Quixal. 2002. BancTrad: un banco de corpus
anotados con intercie web. Revista de Procesamiento del
Lenguaje Natural, 29, Sept., pp. 293-294.
- Alsina, A., Badia, T., Boleda, G., Bott, S., Gil, A.,
Quixal, M. Valentín, O.. 2002. “CATCG: a general purpose
parsing tool applied”. In Proceedings of Third International
Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. Las Palmas,
vol. III, p. 1130-1134.
- Badia, T., G. Boleda, C. Colominas, M. Garmendia,
A. González, M. Quixal. 2002. Eines de lingüística
computacional per a la
traducció: corpus paral·lels anotats. Proceedings of the 2nd Inter’l
Conference on Specialized Translation, pp. 129-137,
Barcelona, Spain.
2001
- Badia, T., G. Boleda, M. Quixal. 2001. Curso sobre
Tecnologías de la lengua (segunda edición). QUARK, Ciencia,
Medicina, Comunicación y Cultura, 21, Jul - Sept.,
pp. 14-16.
- Badia, T., Boleda, G., Quixal, M., and Bofias,
E. 2001. “A modular architecture for the processing of free
text”. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Modular Programming
Applied to Natural Language Processing at EUROLAN
2001. Iasi, August 2001.
Talks, talks, talks
2015
- Martí Quixal. Teacher-driven development of authoring tools to foster the integration of ICALL materials in secondary education. Workshop "Studying Language Learning: From the Laboratory to the Classroom". Tübingen, 10-11 December, 2015.
- Martí Quixal and Detmar Meurers. The missing link? Task characterization and task product characterization as a means to accommodate TBLT and (i)CALL. XVIIth International CALL Research Conference. Tarragona, 6-8 July, 2015. (link)
2012
- Anna Campillo, Mònica
Castanyer, Mikel Martín, Montse Paradeda and Martí
Quixal (2012) "Telling Computers How to Feed Learners Back: Managing
Materials for Individual Learning" APAC Convention, Barcelona. February 25th, 2012 [PDF slides]
- Martí Quixal "NLP as an enabling technology for foreign
language teaching and learning" Seminari intern, Barcelona
Media. 7th February, 2012 [PDF
slides]
2011
- Martí Quixal "Making ICALL Viable in real-life
Schools: Supporting Teacher Autonomy in Building
NLP-Enhanced Activities" Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft,
Universität Tübingen. 26th October, 2011
2010
- “AutoLearn's Authoring Tool: A Piece of Cake for
Teachers". Adaptation of the NAACL-BEA talk for the
Research Seminar of the NLP group at the Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya. October 14th, 2010.
- Martí Quixal, Toni Badia, Mariona Estrada, John Emslie, Paul
Schmidt, Mike S. Sharwood, Susanne Preuß, Isin Bengi-Öner (2010)
AutoLearn: ICALL in real instruction settings. EUROCALL
conference. September 8-11, 2012. Bordeaux.
- ICALL Research Group Tübingen.
2009
- Martí Quixal. "ALLES and AUTOLEARN: using NLP for the
generation of intelligent feedback in FLT". 24th September,
2009, Tübingen. (Per invitació)
- Judith Domingo, Francesc Benavent i Martí Quixal. "El
Corrector: un projecte obert." VIII
Jornades de Programari Lliure 14 de juliol de 2009,
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.
- Toni Badia, José R. Boullosa, Judith Domingo, David
Garcia, Albert Miguel, Gemma Boleda, Stefan Bott, Rodrigo
Meza, Carlos Castillo, Vicente López. "Seguint la traça de
CUCWeb: IAC". 1a Jornada del Processament Computacional
del Català. Palau Robert, Barcelona, 26 de març del
2009.
- Toni Badia, Francesc Benavent, José R. Boullosa, Judith
Domingo, Marc González, Bernat Grau, Guillem Massó, Martí
Quixal i Oriol Valentín. "Un corrector tipogràfic,
ortogràfic i gramatical de català". 1a Jornada del Processament Computacional
del Català. Palau Robert, Barcelona, 26 de març del
2009.
2008
- Martí Quixal i Francesc Benavent. "Un corrector i
derivats". Seminari de PLN de la UPC. 28 de novembre del
2008. [Transparències]
(Per invitació)
- Quixal, M.; Boullosa, J. R.; Estrada, M.; García, D.;
Badia, T.; and Navarro-Prieto, R. AutoLearn: evaluar la
utilidad y la usabilidad de las TIC en entornos reales de
apren-dizaje de lenguas extranjeras. Moodlemoot’08,
Barcelona 23rd-25th October, 2008.
- Estrada, Mariona; Navarro-Prieto, Raquel and Quixal,
Martí. Framework for the Eval-uation of Language Learning
Platforms with real users. In "HCI for Technology Enhanced
Learning", workshop at HCI 2008 "Culture, Creativity &
Interaction", 1st September 2008, Liverpool, UK.
- Quixal, M. and Badia, T. Exploiting unsupervised
techniques to predict EFL learner errors. CALICO
Pre-Conference Workshop on Automatic Analysis of Learner
Language: Bridging Foreign Language Teaching Needs and NLP
Possibilities. San Fancisco, CA, March 18th-19th. [slides:
PDF]
2003
- Quixal, M., Alsina, A., Badia, T. “Las categorías del
sintagma nominal: nombres, adjetivos y determinanes” XXIII
Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística. Girona,
Desembre, 2003.
Manuscripts and Reports
2017
- Martí Quixal. Increasing student self-confidence in EFL speaking activities. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 2017. [thesis: PDF]
2012
- Martí Quixal. Language Learning Tasks and Automatic
Analysis of Learner Language: Connecting FLTL and NLP design
of ICALL materials supporting use in real-life
instruction. Universitat Pompeu Fabra // Eberhard-Karls
Universität Tübingen. 2012. [thesis: PDF, defense slides: PDF]
2005
- Toni Badia, Lourdes Díaz, Sandrine Garnier, Rosa
Lucha, Araceli Martinez, Martí Quixal, Ana Ruggia, and Paul
Schmidt. ALLES correction tools: report on the quantitative
and qualitative correction methodologies. Technical report,
ALLES Project, 5th Framework Programme, 2005.
- Laura Martín, Celia Rico, Ana Ruggia, Lourdes Díaz,
Martí Quixal, Toni Badia, Paul Schmidt, Mike Sharwood Smith, Antonio
Sánchez Valderabanos, and Araceli Martínez. Final report. Technical
report, ALLES Project (IST-2001-34246), 2005.
2004
- Lourdes Díaz, Ana Ruggia, Martí Quixal, Enrique
Torrejón, Jorge Jiménez, Celia Rico, Sandrine
Garnier, and Paul Schmidt. Links Among The Learning Tools
And The Linguistic Tools. Technical report, ALLES Project
(IST-2001-34246), 2004.
2003
- Quixal, M. 2003. Theoretical basis and
implementation of a linguistics-based morphosyntactic tagger
for Catalan (MA Thesis). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctorat
en Ciència cognitiva i llenguatge.
- Lourdes Díaz, Ana Ruggia, and Martí Quixal. Links Among
The Learning Tools. Technical report, ALLES Project
(IST–2001–34246), 2003.
- Lourdes Díaz, Ana Ruggia, Martí Quixal, Enrique
Torrejón, Jorge Jiménez, Celia Rico, Sandrine
Garnier, and Paul Schmidt. Annex to D1.2 (Links Among The
Learning Tools): Specifications of each of the learning
units. Technical report, ALLES project (IST–2001–34246),
2003.
NLP community services
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2009
- Reviewer of the special volume "On the Annotation of
Learner Language" of the CALICO Journal. Vol 26, No. 3.
- Co-organiser of the Workshop “New Technologies in the FLT
Classroom”, Istanbul 28th-29th September 2009 during the
AutoLearn project.
- Co-organizer of the AutoLearn Workshop “Estratègies i
tècniques per incorporar feed-back automàtic "intel·ligent"
en entorns presencials i semipresencials”, 24th-25th April,
2009.
- Co-organitzer of the Primera Jornada de Processament Computacional del
Català, 26th March, 2009 in Palua Robert, Barcelona
(http://sites.google.com/site/jornadacatala/)
Teaching
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I currently do not have any teaching duties. This is what I taught in the past.
Winter term 2019-20
Sprache, Selbstregulation und Lernen
Summer term 2019
HS Learning Analytics at the Interface between School Psychology and Computational Linguistics (with Detmar Meurers)
Summer term 2015
NLP for Language Tutoring Systems (with Detmar Meurers) (Moodle course page, Campus Vorlesungsverzeichnis)
Winter term 2014-15
Introduction to Computational Linguistics (Moodle course page, Campus Vorlesungsverzeichnis)
Contact
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E-Mail: marti DOT quixal AT psycho DOT uni DASH tuebingen DOT de
E-Mail: quixal AT sfs DOT uni DASH tuebingen DOT de
Postal address: Seminar für Sprachwissensschaft, Wilhelmstr. 19, 72074 Tübingen, Germany