Parsing, Error Diagnostics And Instruction In A French Tutor
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This paper describes the strategy used in Miniprof, a program designed to provide “intelligent” instruction on elementary topics in French. In case of an erroneous response from a student, the program engages him/her in a Socratic dialogue. It asks specific questions about the sentence involved, thereby leading the student to identify each mistake and its correction. The systematic error detection and subsequent human-like instruction specific to the student's response is achieved by using three major functions: parsing, error diagnostics, and tutoring. The design of the system and the issues involved are discussed.
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CALICO Journal
Volume 9 • Number 1 • 1991
Pages: 9 - 25
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Published online: 16 April 2025
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