SLaTE 2009 delegates outside the Mansion at Wroxall Abbey Estate, the workshop venue

SLaTE

SLaTE is the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Speech and Language Technology in Education.

SLaTE 2009

SLaTE 2009 was the second workshop organized by the SLaTE SIG. It took place between 3rd and 5th September 2009 at Wroxall Abbey Estate, Warwickshire, England, immediately before INTERSPEECH 2009. The workshop was attended by 70 delegates representing universities, companies and government organisations in 19 different countries (click here for the list of attendees). Forty five papers were submitted to SLaTE 2009, and each paper was assessed by at least three reviewers. A total of 37 papers and 12 demonstrations were presented at the workshop in 5 oral sessions, 3 poster sessions and 2 demonstration sessions.

Awards

The SLaTE 2009 best paper award, based on the independent reviewers' scores, was given to Sandra Kanters, Catia Cucchiarini and Helmer Strik for their paper The Goodness of Pronunciation Algorithm: a Detailed Performance Study

The SLaTE 2009 best student presentation award, based on the judgement of four members of the Scientific Committee at the workshop, was given to Pieter Müller for his poster presentation of the paper Automatically assessing the oral proficiency of proficient L2 speakers .

SLaTE 2009 was organised by Martin Russell from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Proceedings of SLaTE 2009

You can access the papers presented at SLaTE through the SLaTE 2009 Technical Programme. Click PDF for the PDF version and HTM for the HTML version.

Alternatively you can use the author index, below:

Aist, G

Automated Generation of Example Contexts for Helping Children Learn Vocabulary
Predictable and Educational Spoken Dialogues: Pilot Results

Alwan, A

Measuring Children’s Phonemic Awareness through Blending Tasks

Amdal, I

Automatic evaluation of quantity contrast in non-native Norwegian speech

Baptista, J

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Batliner, A

Islands of Failure: Employing word accent information for pronunciation quality assessment of English L2 learners

Bernstein, J

Evaluating Diglossic Aspects of an Automated Test of Spoken Modern Standard Arabic

Chen, L

Audio Quality Issue for Automatic Speech Assessment

Cheng, J

A Rule-Based Language Model for Reading Recognition
Evaluating Diglossic Aspects of an Automated Test of Spoken Modern Standard Arabic

Colpaert, J

Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Cornillie, F

Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Cucchiarini, C

Utterance Verification in Language Learning Applications
The Goodness of Pronunciation Algorithm: a Detailed Performance Study
Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Cylwik, N

The EURONOUNCE corpus of non-native Polish for ASR-based Pronunciation Tutoring System
An Audiovisual Feedback System for Acquiring L2 Pronunciation and L2 Prosody

de Wet, F

Automatically assessing the oral proficiency of proficient L2 speakers

Demenko, G

The EURONOUNCE corpus of non-native Polish for ASR-based Pronunciation Tutoring System
An Audiovisual Feedback System for Acquiring L2 Pronunciation and L2 Prosody

Denholm-Price, J

TalkMaths : A Speech User Interface for Dictating Mathematical Expressions into Electronic Documents

Duong , M

Detecting Prosody Improvement in Oral Rereading

Escribano, D. L

Say ‘Aaaaa’ Interactive Vowel Practice for Second Language Learning

Edlund, J

Using speech technology to promote increased pitch variation in oral presentations

Eskenazi, M

Semi-automatic Generation of Cloze Question Distractors: Effect of Students’ L1
Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Goldie, A

Automatic Question Generation and Answer Judging: A Q&A Games for Language Learning

Gruenstein, A

A Self-Transcribing Speech Corpus: Collecting Continuous Speech with an Online Educational Game

Guoping, H

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin

Handley, Z

Training Novel Phonemic Contrasts: A Comparison of Identification and Oddity Discrimination Training

Harrison, A. M

Implementation of an Extended Recognition Network for Mispronunciation Detection and Diagnosis in Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training

Hincks, R

Responses to Ville: A virtual language teacher for Swedish
Using speech technology to promote increased pitch variation in oral presentations

Hirose, K

Analysis and Comparison of Automatic Language Proficiency Assessment between Shadowed Sentences and Read Sentences
Improved Structure-based Automatic Estimation of Pronunciation Proficiency

Hirschberg, J

Responses to Ville: A virtual language teacher for Swedish

Höning, F

Islands of Failure: Employing word accent information for pronunciation quality assessment of English L2 learners

Hunter, G. J. A

TalkMaths : A Speech User Interface for Dictating Mathematical Expressions into Electronic Documents

Hussein, H

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin

Ingram, J

Voice morphing and the manipulation of intra-speaker and cross-speaker phonetic variation to create foreign accent continua: A perceptual study

Itahashi, S

Investigating the Effectiveness of Prontest to Train English Proficiency

Johnsen, M. H

Automatic evaluation of quantity contrast in non-native Norwegian speech

Johnson, L

Culture-Driven Response Strategies for Virtual Human Behavior in Training Systems

Jokisch, O

An Audiovisual Feedback System for Acquiring L2 Pronunciation and L2 Prosody

Kanters, S

The Goodness of Pronunciation Algorithm: a Detailed Performance Study

Kojima, H

Investigating the Effectiveness of Prontest to Train English Proficiency

Külls, D

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin

Kwon, N

Voice morphing and the manipulation of intra-speaker and cross-speaker phonetic variation to create foreign accent continua: A perceptual study

Lee , Y-H

Measuring Children’s Phonemic Awareness through Blending Tasks

Lleida, E

Formant Estimation in Children’s Speech and its application for a Spanish Speech Therapy Tool
An Experience with a Spanish Second Language Learning Tool in a Multilingual Environment

Liu, L

Automated Generation of Example Contexts for Helping Children Learn Vocabulary

Lo, W-K

Implementation of an Extended Recognition Network for Mispronunciation Detection and Diagnosis in Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training

Lopes, J

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Luo, D

Analysis and Comparison of Automatic Language Proficiency Assessment between Shadowed Sentences and Read Sentences
Improved Structure-based Automatic Estimation of Pronunciation Proficiency

Mamede, N

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Marujo, L

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

McGraw, I

Rainbow Rummy: A Web-based Game for Vocabulary Acquisition using Computer-directed Speech
A Self-Transcribing Speech Corpus: Collecting Continuous Speech with an Online Educational Game

Medero, J

Analysis of Vocabulary Difficulty Using Wiktionary

Meng, H

Implementation of an Extended Recognition Network for Mispronunciation Detection and Diagnosis in Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training

Minematsu, N

Analysis and Comparison of Automatic Language Proficiency Assessment between Shadowed Sentences and Read Sentences
Improved Structure-based Automatic Estimation of Pronunciation Proficiency

Mixdorff, H

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin
Voice morphing and the manipulation of intra-speaker and cross-speaker phonetic variation to create foreign accent continua: A perceptual study

Moore, D

Training Novel Phonemic Contrasts: A Comparison of Identification and Oddity Discrimination Training

Mostow, J

Detecting Prosody Improvement in Oral Rereading
Automated Generation of Example Contexts for Helping Children Learn Vocabulary
Predictable and Educational Spoken Dialogues: Pilot Results

Müller, P

Automatically assessing the oral proficiency of proficient L2 speakers

Niesler, T

Automatically assessing the oral proficiency of proficient L2 speakers

Nöth, E

Islands of Failure: Employing word accent information for pronunciation quality assessment of English L2 learners

Obari, H

Investigating the Effectiveness of Prontest to Train English Proficiency

Okumura, M

Investigating the Effectiveness of Prontest to Train English Proficiency

Ostendorf, M

Analysis of Vocabulary Difficulty Using Wiktionary

Pado, U

Evaluating Diglossic Aspects of an Automated Test of Spoken Modern Standard Arabic

Pflügel , E

TalkMaths : A Speech User Interface for Dictating Mathematical Expressions into Electronic Documents

Pino, J

Semi-automatic Generation of Cloze Question Distractors: Effect of Students’ L1
Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Price, P

Measuring Children’s Phonemic Awareness through Blending Tasks

Qian, X-J

Implementation of an Extended Recognition Network for Mispronunciation Detection and Diagnosis in Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training

Rodríguez, V

An Experience with a Spanish Second Language Learning Tool in a Multilingual Environment

Rodríguez, W. R

Formant Estimation in Children’s Speech and its application for a Spanish Speech Therapy Tool
An Experience with a Spanish Second Language Learning Tool in a Multilingual Environment

Sagae, A

Culture-Driven Response Strategies for Virtual Human Behavior in Training Systems

Saz, O

An Experience with a Spanish Second Language Learning Tool in a Multilingual Environment

Seneff, S

Rainbow Rummy: A Web-based Game for Vocabulary Acquisition using Computer-directed Speech
Automatic Question Generation and Answer Judging: A Q&A Games for Language Learning

Sharples, M

Training Novel Phonemic Contrasts: A Comparison of Identification and Oddity Discrimination Training

Shu, G

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin

Si, W

Towards a Computer-aided Pronunciation Training System for German Learners of Mandarin

Sim, K. C

Improving Phone Verification Using State-level Posterior Features and Support Vector Machine for Automatic Mispronunciation DetectionTest

Strik, H

Utterance Verification in Language Learning Applications
The Goodness of Pronunciation Algorithm: a Detailed Performance Study
Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Sutherland, A

A Self-Transcribing Speech Corpus: Collecting Continuous Speech with an Online Educational Game

Suzuki, Masanori

Evaluating Diglossic Aspects of an Automated Test of Spoken Modern Standard Arabic

Suzuki, Masayuki

Improved Structure-based Automatic Estimation of Pronunciation Proficiency

Townshend, B

A Rule-Based Language Model for Reading Recognition

Trancoso, I

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Valente, A

Culture-Driven Response Strategies for Virtual Human Behavior in Training Systems

van der Walt , C

Automatically assessing the oral proficiency of proficient L2 speakers

van Doremalen, J

Utterance Verification in Language Learning Applications
Developing a CALL System for Practicing Oral Proficiency: How to Design for Speech Technology, Pedagogy and Learners

Vaquero, C

An Experience with a Spanish Second Language Learning Tool in a Multilingual Environment

Versvik, E

Automatic evaluation of quantity contrast in non-native Norwegian speech

Viana, C

Porting REAP to European Portuguese

Wagner, A

The EURONOUNCE corpus of non-native Polish for ASR-based Pronunciation Tutoring System
An Audiovisual Feedback System for Acquiring L2 Pronunciation and L2 Prosody

Wang, S

Measuring Children’s Phonemic Awareness through Blending Tasks

Weilhammer, K

Islands of Failure: Employing word accent information for pronunciation quality assessment of English L2 learners

Wetzel, B

Culture-Driven Response Strategies for Virtual Human Behavior in Training Systems

Wigmore, A. M

TalkMaths : A Speech User Interface for Dictating Mathematical Expressions into Electronic Documents

Wik, P

Responses to Ville: A virtual language teacher for Swedish
Say ‘Aaaaa’ Interactive Vowel Practice for Second Language Learning

Xu, Y

Automatic Question Generation and Answer Judging: A Q&A Games for Language Learning

Yamauchi , Y

Analysis and Comparison of Automatic Language Proficiency Assessment between Shadowed Sentences and Read Sentences

Yoshikawa, M

Investigating the Effectiveness of Prontest to Train English Proficiency

Yoshimoto, B

Rainbow Rummy: A Web-based Game for Vocabulary Acquisition using Computer-directed Speech

Zechner, K

What did they actually say? Agreement and Disagreement among Transcribers of Non-Native Spontaneous Speech Responses in an English Proficiency Test