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Developing annotation solutions for online Data Driven Learning*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2009

Pascual Pérez-Paredes  and
Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero
Pascual Pérez-Paredes
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Facultad de Letras, Campus La Merced, 30071 – Murcia, Spain (email: pascualf@um.es; jmalcaraz@um.es)
Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Facultad de Letras, Campus La Merced, 30071 – Murcia, Spain (email: pascualf@um.es; jmalcaraz@um.es)
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Abstract

Although annotation is a widely-researched topic in Corpus Linguistics (CL), its potential role in Data Driven Learning (DDL) has not been addressed in depth by Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) practitioners. Furthermore, most of the research in the use of DDL methods pays little attention to annotation in the design and implementation of corpus-based/driven language teaching.

In this paper, we set out to examine the process of development of SACODEYL Annotator, an application that seeks to assist SACODEYL system users in annotating XML multilingual corpora. First, we discuss the role of annotation in DDL and the dominating paradigm in general corpus applications. In the context of the language classroom, we argue that it is essential that corpora should be pedagogically motivated (Braun, 2005 and 2007a). Then, we move on to deal with the analysis and design stages of our annotation solution by illustrating its main features. Some of these include a user friendly hierarchical and extensible taxonomy tree to facilitate the learner-oriented annotation of the corpora; real-time graphics representation of the annotated corpus matching the XML TEI-compliant (Text Encoding Initiative) standard, as well as an intuitive management of the different data sections and associated metadata.

SACODEYL (System Aided Compilation and Open Distribution of European Youth Language) is an EU funded MINERVA project which aims to develop an ICT-based system for the assisted compilation and open distribution of multimedia European teen talk in the context of language education. This research lays emphasis on the functionalities of the application within the SACODEYL context. However, our paper addresses similarly the needs of potential multimedia language corpus administrators in general on the lookout for powerful annotation assisting software. SACODEYL Annotator is free to use and can be downloaded from our website.

Keywords

CorporaData Driven LearningAnnotationSoftware DesignLanguage TeachingTeacher Support

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ReCALL , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 55 - 75
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Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 2009

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