NRT- FW-HTF: Linguistic diversity across the lifespan (LINDIV): transforming training to advance human-technology interaction

NRT-FW-HTF：整个生命周期的语言多样性（LINDIV）：转变培训以促进人与技术的互动

• 批准号: 2125865
• 负责人: Janet van Hell
• 金额: $ 299.99万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2125865&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; FW; HTF; Linguistic; diversity

Technology such as smart voice assistants or computer-based intelligent tutoring systems has become crucial to people’s private lives, education, and the workforce. This technology is largely based on standard American English and the misconception that there is a single, idealized variety of American English, which conflicts with the true diversity of language users. Many U.S. speakers use a regional variety of American English, African American Vernacular English, a signed language, a language other than English, or have some form of communication disorder. As the U.S. population is becoming older, age-related hearing loss and language impairments will also increase. The linguistic sophistication of technology has not kept pace with the growing linguistic diversity within the U.S. This technology is intended to improve the lives of humans and society at large, and people increasingly depend on it for access to governmental, community, health, and educational services, making the technology’s current reliance on standard American English problematic. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship award to the Pennsylvania State University will educate a new generation of experts in human-technology interactions to address this issue. The project anticipates training 48 graduate students, including 23 funded trainees, from graduate programs in Psychology, German, Spanish, Communication Science and Disorders, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Sciences and Technology, and Learning Design and Technology. The comprehensive two-year traineeships will prepare trainees to address key challenges in human-technology interactions. Improvements in human-technology interactions will help ensure the full participation of individuals with diverse language backgrounds, fostering an equal, diverse, and inclusive society.By applying integrated learning and transdisciplinary team science principles, trainees will be prepared to bridge the gap between language science and technology. Trainees will also be prepared to think beyond disciplinary boundaries. This approach is considered optimal to prepare the next generation for the future of work. In a two-year program culminating in the new graduate certificate ‘Linguistic Diversity and Technology’, trainees will complete cross-disciplinary courses and professional development in language and technology. Trainees will work on transdisciplinary team research projects that address tractable goal and produce clear products, such as a design project, pilot application, or research study focused on integrating language science and human-technology interaction. Trainees will also participate in seminars, research events, mentoring, and a linguistic diversity outreach program. They will complete the program with an internship with academic and private sector extramural partners to support careers bridging linguistics and technology, both inside and outside academia, in national and international settings. Trained to work in diverse teams, trainees will be competent in creating knowledge and translating research outcomes into technological solutions that alleviate social, educational, and economic disparities for linguistically diverse populations.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

智能语音助手或基于计算机的智能辅导系统等技术对人们的私人生活、教育和劳动力至关重要。这种技术在很大程度上是基于标准的美式英语和一种误解，即存在一种单一的、理想化的美式英语变体，这与语言使用者的真正多样性相冲突。许多美国人使用地区性的美式英语、非裔美国人的方言英语、手语、英语以外的语言，或者有某种形式的沟通障碍。随着美国人口的老龄化，与年龄相关的听力损失和语言障碍也将增加。这项技术旨在改善人类和整个社会的生活，人们越来越依赖它来获得政府，社区，健康和教育服务，使该技术目前对标准美国英语的依赖成为问题。宾夕法尼亚州立大学获得的国家科学基金会研究培训奖将教育新一代人与技术互动专家，以解决这一问题。该项目预计将培训48名研究生，其中包括23名受资助的受训人员，他们来自心理学、德语、西班牙语、传播科学和疾病、计算机科学和工程、信息科学和技术以及学习设计和技术等研究生课程。为期两年的综合培训将帮助学员应对人类与技术互动中的关键挑战。改善人与技术的互动将有助于确保不同语言背景的个人的充分参与，促进平等，多元化和包容性的社会。通过应用综合学习和跨学科团队科学原则，学员将准备弥合语言科学和技术之间的差距。学员还将准备超越学科界限进行思考。这种方法被认为是为下一代未来的工作做准备的最佳方法。在为期两年的课程中，最终获得新的研究生证书“语言多样性和技术”，学员将完成语言和技术的跨学科课程和专业发展。学员将从事跨学科团队研究项目，解决易于处理的目标，并产生明确的产品，如设计项目，试点应用程序，或研究研究，重点是整合语言科学和人机交互。学员还将参加研讨会，研究活动，指导和语言多样性外展计划。他们将完成与学术和私营部门的校外合作伙伴实习计划，以支持在学术界内外，在国内和国际环境中衔接语言学和技术的职业生涯。通过培训，学员将能够在不同的团队中工作，创造知识，并将研究成果转化为技术解决方案，以减轻语言多样化人群的社会，教育和经济差异。NSF研究培训生（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的，新的潜在变革模式，用于STEM研究生教育培训。该计划致力于通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求相一致的综合培训模式，在高优先级的跨学科或融合研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。