Studies on developing and applying on-line CALL materials for remote education

在研究项目的第一年，我们专注于以下几点：-改进迄今制作的电话材料-开发日德平行语料库“dokujiro”-为“Terra”开发外语学习材料，这是一个基于网络的程序，用于创建自学任务。ALINUX-SERVER是为运行这个程序而设置的。-在WWW上有一个关于远程教育系统的研讨会。我们计划并准备了一项使用iSight和iChat(苹果)进行远程教育的实验。在第二年，我们介绍了上述系统，并将它们应用于广岛大学和千叶大学这两所大学的语言课程。我们得到了以下结果：-通过使用Terra制作的网络材料，我们可以了解学习者学习困难和错误的总体趋势。这帮助我们改进了我们的“传统”(面对面)课程。-使用“Terra”的在线学习被证明对学习外语有帮助。尤其是，对于那些只有有限的上课时间(每周一次)的学习者来说，这使得他们有可能自己进行大量的练习。-有了Terra，就可以在基于e的自主学习中分析学习者的性格。结合之后的问卷调查，学习者的成绩可以被客观地衡量。-一个带有PC的远程教育系统使人们有可能通过其所使用的语言的现状来激发班级成员的动机。-与一所外国大学进行的远程学习的实验表明，在大规模采用该系统之前，需要克服一些困难。同时，我们可以肯定的是，这些技术问题很少。有了这些成就，我们希望对CALL材料进行进一步的开发，并在语言课上积极开发它。计划与外国大学建立远程教育联系。为此，应促进国家和国际合作。

In the first year of the research project, we concentrated on the following points :-improving CALL materials produced so far-developing a Japanese-German parallel corpus "dokujiro"-developing foreign language learning materials for "TERRA", a web-based program for creating self learning tasks. ALINUX-server was set up for running this program.-having a workshop on remote education system in WWW. An experiment for distance education using iSight and iChat (apple) was planed and prepared for.In the second year, we have introduced the systems above and applied them to language lessons practiced at both universities, Hiroshima University and Chiba University. We have got the following results :-By using the web materials produced with "TERRA", we could figure out the general tendency of difficulties and errors of the learners. This helped us to improve our "traditional" (face to face) lessons.-The On-line learning with "TERRA" turned out to be helpful in learning foreign languages. Especially, it made possible for learners who have only limited lesson time (once a week) to do much practice by themselves.-With "TERRA", it got possible to analyze dispositions of the learners in e-based self learning. Combined with a questionnaire afterwards, the achievement of the learners could be measured objectively.-A remote education system with PC made it possible to evoke motivations on members of the class by its actuality of the language used in it.-An experiment of the distance learning with a foreign university has shown some difficulties that should be got over before its adoption in a large scale. At the same time, we could confirm that there were only few technical problems.With these achievements so far, we would like to make further development of CALL materials and its active exploitation in the language lesson. A remote education linked with foreign universities is planed. For that purpose, a national and international cooperation should be promoted.