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We present a platform for the generation of educational activities oriented to teaching English as a foreign language. The different activities -- games and language practice exercises -- are strongly based on Natural Language Processing techniques. The platform offers the possibility of playing out-of-the-box games, generated from resources created semi-automatically and then manually curated. It can also generate games or exercises of greater complexity from texts entered by teachers, providing a stage of review and edition of the generated content before use. As a way of expanding the variety of activities in the platform, we are currently experimenting with image and text generation. In order to integrate them and improve the performance of other neural tools already integrated, we are working on migrating the platform to a more powerful server. In this paper we describe the development of our platform and its deployment for end users, discussing the challenges faced and how we overcame them, and also detail our future work plans.
Study at a glance
- Question: How can a software platform generate games and practice exercises for teaching English as a foreign language?
- Setting and data: Not stated in the abstract
- Method: Description of the development and deployment of an educational software platform
Why it matters
Teaching English as a foreign language requires varied practice exercises and games, including activities generated from texts entered by teachers. Developing and deploying natural language processing platforms for end users involves overcoming challenges to expand the variety of activities.
Key findings
- In English as a foreign language education, an automated platform provides ready-to-play practice games built from semi-automatically generated and manually curated resources.
- The platform generates complex language exercises from teacher-submitted texts while allowing educators to review and edit materials before classroom use.
- Adding image and text generation to broaden activity options requires more powerful server capacity to support the tools' performance.
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