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Vocabulary Building Support system
by Converting Web pages
Hiroki Yoshioka, Taro Yabuki and Hiroshi Sakuta
Department of Integrated Information Technology,College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University{yabuki,sakuta}@it.aoyama.ac.jp, [email protected]
About AGU
135 Years Tradition
Education based on
Christianity
Top-Ranking Private
University
Comprehensive Educational Institution
RankingBrand & Popularity
Stylish / Sophisticated 1stPopularity 3rdAttractive Curriculum 4thRecognition 4th
Ranking by SubjectsLiberal Arts / Humanities 5thForeign Language / International Studies 5th
Social Studies 6thEconomic / Business Studies 9th
Resource: Recruit’s University Brand Survey 2009
Data: Kawaijuku Educational Institution 2010,Ranked among 595 Japanese Private Universities
AGU has a Strong Brand Competitiveness in Japan
&
At a Glance As of May 2009
Student Body: 19,993
- undergraduate: 18,527
- postgraduate: 1,466
- international students: 294
Faculties’ Members: 456
Administration Staff: 324
Career Support Centre Staff: 15
Location Located in the heart of Tokyo 125-year-old Traditional Campus Forefront Area of Fashion & Culture
Aoyama CampusAoyama Campus
Humanities & Social Science: 3rd ~ 4th YearSchool of Cultural Creative Studies: 2nd ~ 4th Year
Located in the outskirts of Tokyo Great Research Environment Latest Facilities (Opened in 2003)
Sagamihara CampusSagamihara Campus
Science and Engineering / Social Informatics: ALLHumanities & Social Science: 1st ~ 2nd YearSchool of Cultural Creative Studies: 1st Year
International Partnerships
• Aoyama Gakuin University has 72 partner universities in the world.
(Americas: 29, Europe:19, Asia Pacific: 24)
• A member of educational consortium, ACUCA ( Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia) and IAMSCU ( International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges & Universities )
AcademicsUndergraduate
College of Literature (English / French / Japanese / History)
College of Economics
Faculty of Law
School of Business
School of International Politics, Economics and Communication
School of Cultural Creative Studies
College of Science and Engineering
School of Social Informatics
College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies
AcademicsGraduate School
Graduate School of Literature (English / French / Japanese / History)
Graduate School of Education, Psychology and Human Studies
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Communication
Graduate School of Cultural Creative Studies
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Social Informatics
Aoyama Business School (MBA)
Law School
Graduate School of Professional Accountancy
Self Learning Solution• Diversified specialized fields>less teachers• Knowledge base for advanced courses• Step for Terminology in every field>share
knowledge for communication• Test/Quiz based evaluation system• Web-based system• Large amount of problem set• Automatic generation of sophisticated problems
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Conventional on line Systems in Japan for Vocabulary Building of English
P-Study Systemhttp://www.takke.jp/http://cocet.code.u-air.ac.jp/index.html
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Disadvantage of conventional systems
1. Load of problem editors
2 . No practical system for context-oriented self learning system
Sent by system
Sent by hardcopies
Response
Response
Edit Problems
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Specifications for supposed system
Required system specifications Automatic generating facility for problem setProblems inferring meaning of target words from
context
Fundamental technologyConverting arbitrary Web contents into Fill-in-the-
blank question for users
Word List
Application Server
Database
Web Page converted in Fill-in-the-blank question
InternetLearner
Select Word Set
Automatic Scoring
Compile Learning Results
Feedback from Learning History
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Example for multi lingual style
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Generation of target word set
Target word set
Word ListAssign
target words
Learning History
Forgetting function by Ebbinghaus
Collected by users or teachers
Select for a step
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Forgetting curve by Ebbinghaus
By Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve
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Conclusions
Automatic generation of problems, grading and feedback to learners reducing loads of working by teachers
Implementation of context-based learning for vocabulary building
Practical use of Web contents for learning Expected applications for other languages
and fields