I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation

Arabella J. Sinclair; Rafael Ferreira; Dragan Gašević; Christopher G. Lucas; Adam Lopez

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_48

I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation

Arabella J. Sinclair, Rafael Ferreira, Dragan Gašević, Christopher G. Lucas, Adam Lopez

Department of Human Centred Computing

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Abstract

We present a novel method to analyse speaker alignment in second language practice dialogue. Our method represents utterances as Dialogue Acts and applies Epistemic Network Analysis to their use. ENA makes convergence between speakers visible, and enables us to confirm hypotheses that both initial similarity and final convergence increase with student ability; and that Dialogue Act use changes with ability, and over the course of an interaction. Our results can inform personalised automatic tutoring tools as well as formative assessment and feedback.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education
Subtitle of host publication	20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II
Editors	Seiji Isotani, Eva Millán, Amy Ogan, Peter Hastings, Bruce McLaren, Rose Luckin
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	257-262
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030232078
ISBN (Print)	9783030232061
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_48
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2019 - Chicago, United States of America Duration: 25 Jun 2019 → 29 Jun 2019 Conference number: 20th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-23204-7 (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	11626
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2019
Abbreviated title	AIED 2019
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Chicago
Period	25/06/19 → 29/06/19
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-23204-7 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Alignment
Dialogue
Epistemic network analysis
Natural language processing
Scaffolding
Zone of proximal development

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Sinclair, A. J., Ferreira, R., Gašević, D., Lucas, C. G., & Lopez, A. (2019). I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation. In S. Isotani, E. Millán, A. Ogan, P. Hastings, B. McLaren, & R. Luckin (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education : 20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II (pp. 257-262). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 11626 ). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_48

Sinclair, Arabella J. ; Ferreira, Rafael ; Gašević, Dragan et al. / I wanna talk like you : speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation. Artificial Intelligence in Education : 20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II. editor / Seiji Isotani ; Eva Millán ; Amy Ogan ; Peter Hastings ; Bruce McLaren ; Rose Luckin. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2019. pp. 257-262 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ).

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Sinclair, AJ, Ferreira, R, Gašević, D, Lucas, CG & Lopez, A 2019, I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation. in S Isotani, E Millán, A Ogan, P Hastings, B McLaren & R Luckin (eds), Artificial Intelligence in Education : 20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 11626 , Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 257-262, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2019, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 25/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_48

I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation. / Sinclair, Arabella J.; Ferreira, Rafael; Gašević, Dragan et al.
Artificial Intelligence in Education : 20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Seiji Isotani; Eva Millán; Amy Ogan; Peter Hastings; Bruce McLaren; Rose Luckin. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 2019. p. 257-262 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 11626 ).

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Sinclair AJ, Ferreira R, Gašević D, Lucas CG, Lopez A. I wanna talk like you: speaker adaptation to dialogue style in L2 practice conversation. In Isotani S, Millán E, Ogan A, Hastings P, McLaren B, Luckin R, editors, Artificial Intelligence in Education : 20th International Conference, AIED 2019 Chicago, IL, USA, June 25–29, 2019 Proceedings, Part II. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2019. p. 257-262. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23207-8_48

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