Development and Evaluation of Language Education Support System in Multimedia Environments

本研究项目旨在将现代信息和网络技术，如手写体识别、语音识别等应用于外语教育，包括针对非日本人的日语教育。第一年的重点是：1)结合在线手写输入的电子汉字词典，2)具有学习历史控制功能的电子教材，3)使用语音识别聊天系统的会话练习系统，4)能够在Web环境下运行的综合学习支持系统。第二年，对先前的工作进行了进一步的改进。即：1)通过暗示输入简单的汉字属性，用户界面友好。2)增加教材编辑系统，方便教师和学习者使用；3)使用移动设备，如手机和PDA，学习者在空间和时间上都是自由的。共发表国内论文4篇，国际论文7篇，发表期刊论文2篇。研究证实，使用尖端的信息和网络通信技术可以大大提高语言教育的效率。

This research project is aimed at the application of modern information and network technology, such as hand-written character recognition, and speech recognition, to foreign language education including Japanese language education for non-Japanese people.In the first year, focus was placed on:1) electronic Kanji dictionary incorporating online handwritten input, 2) electronic teaching materials with study history control functions, 3) conversation practice system using voice recognition chat system, and 4) integrated study support system capable of running in Web environments.In the second year, further improvements were added to the previous works. Namely, 1) user friendly interface by implying inputting simple attributes of Kanji characters. 2) easy-to-use system not only for instructors but also for learners by adding teaching material editing systems, 3) use of mobile equipments such as cellular phones and PDA, with which learners are free spatially and time-wise.A total of four domestic and 7 international contributions were presented and two journal papers were published related to this research project.It was confirmed that the use of cutting-edge information and network communication technology could greatly improve the efficiency of language education.