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]
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About AGU
135 Years
Tradition
Education
based on
Christianity
Top-Ranking
Private
University
Comprehensive
Educational
Institution
Ranking
Brand & Popularity
Stylish / Sophisticated
Popularity
Attractive Curriculum
Recognition
AGU has a Strong Brand
&
Competitiveness in Japan
1st
3rd
4th
4th
Resource: Recruit’s University Brand Survey 2009
Ranking by Subjects
Liberal Arts / Humanities
Foreign Language /
International Studies
Social Studies
Economic / Business Studies
5th
5th
6th
9th
Data: Kawaijuku Educational Institution 2010,
Ranked among 595 Japanese Private Universities
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
Aoyama Campus
Located in the heart of Tokyo
125-year-old Traditional Campus
Forefront Area of Fashion & Culture
Humanities & Social Science: 3rd ~ 4th Year
School of Cultural Creative Studies: 2nd ~ 4th Year
Sagamihara Campus
Located in the outskirts of Tokyo
Great Research Environment
Latest Facilities (Opened in 2003)
Science and Engineering / Social Informatics: ALL
Humanities & Social Science: 1st ~ 2nd Year
School 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）
Academics
Undergraduate
College of Literature (English / French / Japanese / History)
College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies
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
Academics
Graduate 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
Conventional on line Systems in Japan
for Vocabulary Building of English
P-Study System
http://cocet.code.u-air.ac.jp/index.html
http://www.takke.jp/
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Disadvantage of
conventional systems
１．Load of problem editors
Sent by system
Response
Edit Problems
Sent by hardcopies
Response
2．No practical system for context-oriented self learning
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system
Specifications for supposed system
Required system specifications
Automatic generating facility for problem set
Problems inferring meaning of target words from
context
Fundamental technology
Converting arbitrary Web contents into Fill-in-theblank question for users
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Select
Application Serve
Word Set
Word List
Learner
Internet
Automatic Scoring
Compile
Learning
Results
Feedback
from
Learning History
Web Page converted in Fill-in-the-blank question
Database
Example for multi lingual style
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Generation of target word set
Learning
History
Forgetting function
by Ebbinghaus
Target word set
Word List
Collected by
users or teachers
Assign
target words
Select for a step
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Forgetting curve by Ebbinghaus
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By Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve
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
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