DocumentCode
2828952
Title
Using Comprehensive Memory Cycle Updating in Extensive Reading
Author
Chiu, T.K. ; Wang, T.I. ; Fu, J.H. ; Hsieh, T.C. ; Su, C.Y. ; Tsai, K.H.
Author_Institution
Eng. Sci. Dept., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
fYear
2009
fDate
15-17 July 2009
Firstpage
666
Lastpage
668
Abstract
English is a global language and thus learning it is important in many contexts. One way to approach this learning task is to undertake extensive reading of English texts. However, if students have an inadequate vocabulary, it is difficult for them to select appropriate articles to read. To address this problem, a number of studies have applied the theory of the memory cycle to help learners memorize words more efficiently. However, the method is inefficient when it just uses to update the memory cycle of the target words directly. In this work we propose a new framework, comprehensive memory cycle updating, which can not only update the memory cycle of the word directly, but also can update the memory cycle indirectly via learner response. This framework can reduce the number of times a learner needs to review a word in order to memorize it. In addition, by adopting the concept of the memory cycle, this framework can find articles, which contain words that the learners have already learned, as well as those they have almost forgotten.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; feedback; English text reading; comprehensive memory cycle updating; extensive reading; Animation; Data mining; Electronic learning; Learning systems; Multimedia systems; Natural languages; Speech enhancement; Speech processing; Timing; Vocabulary; e-Learning; memory cycle; vocabulary learning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009. ICALT 2009. Ninth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Riga
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3711-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-3711-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICALT.2009.51
Filename
5194333
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