语言学教案Chapter 10 Language and Computer.docVIP

Chapter 10 Language and Computer 10.1 What is Computational Linguistics? 10.2 Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) 10.2.1 Definition and Activities 10.2.2 Phrases of CALL Development 10.2.3 Technology 10.3 Machine Translation (MT) 10.3.1 History of Development 10.3.2 Research Methods 10.3.3 Evaluation of MT and Translation Tools 10.3.4 MT and the Internet 10.3.5 Spoken Language Translation 10.3.6 MT and Human Translation 10.4 Corpus Linguistics 10.4.1 Definition 10.4.2 Criticisms and the Revival of Corpus Linguistics 10.4.3 Concordance 10.4.4 Text Coding and Annotation 10.4.5 The Roles of Corpus Data 10.5 Information Retrieval (IR) 10.5.1 Scope Defined 10.5.2 An Information Retrieval System 10.5.3 Three Main Areas of research 10.6 Email and News 10.1 What is Computational Linguistics? Computational linguistics is the scientific study of language from a computational perspective. It is a discipline between linguistics and computer science. 10.2 Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) 10.2.1 Definition and Activities 1.Definition CALL (Computer-assisted Language Learning) refers to the use of a computer in a language teaching and learning program. 2. Activities CALL is more often practiced in the teaching or learning of a second or foreign language. According to Richards, et al. (1998), it may take the form of: activities which parallel learning through other media but which use the facilities of the computer (e.g. using the computer to present a reading text); activities which are extensions or adaptations of print-based or classroom-based activities (e.g. computer programs that teach writing skills by helping the student develop a topic and thesis statement and by checking a composition for vocabulary, grammar, and topic development); activities which are unique to CALL. 10.2.2 Phrases of CALL Development There are mainly 4 phrases in the course of CALL development. 1. Phrase Ⅰ (Behavioristic CALL) The Behavioristic CALL was conceived in the 1950s and i