Making ICALL’s intelligence accessible and understandable : evaluation, validation, and future directions of ICALL ecosystems
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- Jasper Degraeuwe (UGent) and Patrick Goethals (UGent)
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- In this paper, we will reflect upon the revised and expanded version of the Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) ecosystem developed in Degraeuwe and Goethals (2022a). We portray the upgraded version of the ecosystem and perform a reflective analysis on it following the same methodology as presented in Degraeuwe and Goethals (2022a). The analysis is carried out by means of a case study with 22 participants who study Spanish as a foreign language and who work with the ecosystem in a blended writing course focused on vocabulary learning and lexical ambiguity. Students’ attitudes towards engaging in the ICALL ecosystem are gauged through a questionnaire, which revealed a slight but non-significant positive change in attitude (compared to a statistically significant positive change in Degraeuwe and Goethals 2022a). However, it should be noted that the initial attitudes before engaging with the ecosystem were already very positive (5.32 on an 8-point Likert scale), which might have made it more challenging for the ecosystem to have a considerable impact. Additionally, an analysis at question level showed that sparking curiosity about language technology and providing a good user experience remain challenging aspects.
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- Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Natural Language Processing, reflective analysis, user attitudes
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- Degraeuwe, Jasper, and Patrick Goethals. “Making ICALL’s Intelligence Accessible and Understandable : Evaluation, Validation, and Future Directions of ICALL Ecosystems.” CALL for All Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers, edited by Branislav Bédi et al., Editorial Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, 2023, pp. 145–52, doi:10.4995/eurocall2023.2023.16952.
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- Degraeuwe, J., & Goethals, P. (2023). Making ICALL’s intelligence accessible and understandable : evaluation, validation, and future directions of ICALL ecosystems. In B. Bédi, Y. Choubsaz, K. Friðriksdóttir, A. Gimeno-Sanz, S. B. Vilhjálmsdóttir, & S. Zahova (Eds.), CALL for all Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers (pp. 145–152). https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall2023.2023.16952
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- Degraeuwe, Jasper, and Patrick Goethals. 2023. “Making ICALL’s Intelligence Accessible and Understandable : Evaluation, Validation, and Future Directions of ICALL Ecosystems.” In CALL for All Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers, edited by Branislav Bédi, Yazdan Choubsaz, Kolbrún Friðriksdóttir, Ana Gimeno-Sanz, Súsanna Björg Vilhjálmsdóttir, and Sofiya Zahova, 145–52. Editorial Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia. https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall2023.2023.16952.
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- Degraeuwe, Jasper, and Patrick Goethals. 2023. “Making ICALL’s Intelligence Accessible and Understandable : Evaluation, Validation, and Future Directions of ICALL Ecosystems.” In CALL for All Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers, ed by. Branislav Bédi, Yazdan Choubsaz, Kolbrún Friðriksdóttir, Ana Gimeno-Sanz, Súsanna Björg Vilhjálmsdóttir, and Sofiya Zahova, 145–152. Editorial Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia. doi:10.4995/eurocall2023.2023.16952.
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- 1.Degraeuwe J, Goethals P. Making ICALL’s intelligence accessible and understandable : evaluation, validation, and future directions of ICALL ecosystems. In: Bédi B, Choubsaz Y, Friðriksdóttir K, Gimeno-Sanz A, Vilhjálmsdóttir SB, Zahova S, editors. CALL for all Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers. Editorial Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia; 2023. p. 145–52.
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- [1]J. Degraeuwe and P. Goethals, “Making ICALL’s intelligence accessible and understandable : evaluation, validation, and future directions of ICALL ecosystems,” in CALL for all Languages : EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2023, pp. 145–152.
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