TY - GEN
T1 - GoPutonghua
T2 - 6th International Conference on Enhancing Learning Through Technology - Education Unplugged: Mobile Technologies and Web 2.0, ICT 2011
AU - Ng, Vanessa Sin Chun
AU - Lui, Andrew Kwok Fai
AU - Wong, Fu Hong
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Internet has become a part of our life. Online learning offers us convenience, flexibility and collaboration. In this paper, a new online learning platform - GoPutonghua is introduced for self-learners to learn Putonghua. The online platform includes components like learning materials, online exercises, online assessment, learning tools and communications tools. The platform allows learners to conduct online exercises that are related to the lecture contents in e-books and online lectures. An online assessment system is developed for learners to know their performance and seek for improvement. A character dictionary (zidian) and a phrase dictionary (cidian) are built to support mapping from Chinese characters to Pinyin. Learning tools like Pinyin converter and Text-to-Pinyin Speech have been developed to search for the Pinyin (with tone marks) of Chinese characters and produce the correct pronunciations in Putonghua. The two types of communication tools (asynchronous and synchronous) are also included in the platform. GoPutonghua is developed to provide more resources and services for self-learners to learn Putonghua in a hassle-free manner. This paper explains why there is a need of developing the new online platform. The components and the architecture of the platform will be introduced. The implementation details of some components will be discussed in this paper. Finally, an evaluation on the usefulness and the quality of the online platform will also be reported.
AB - Internet has become a part of our life. Online learning offers us convenience, flexibility and collaboration. In this paper, a new online learning platform - GoPutonghua is introduced for self-learners to learn Putonghua. The online platform includes components like learning materials, online exercises, online assessment, learning tools and communications tools. The platform allows learners to conduct online exercises that are related to the lecture contents in e-books and online lectures. An online assessment system is developed for learners to know their performance and seek for improvement. A character dictionary (zidian) and a phrase dictionary (cidian) are built to support mapping from Chinese characters to Pinyin. Learning tools like Pinyin converter and Text-to-Pinyin Speech have been developed to search for the Pinyin (with tone marks) of Chinese characters and produce the correct pronunciations in Putonghua. The two types of communication tools (asynchronous and synchronous) are also included in the platform. GoPutonghua is developed to provide more resources and services for self-learners to learn Putonghua in a hassle-free manner. This paper explains why there is a need of developing the new online platform. The components and the architecture of the platform will be introduced. The implementation details of some components will be discussed in this paper. Finally, an evaluation on the usefulness and the quality of the online platform will also be reported.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960205939&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-22383-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-22383-9_9
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960205939
SN - 9783642223822
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 96
EP - 108
BT - Enhancing Learning Through Technology - Education Unplugged
Y2 - 11 July 2011 through 13 July 2011
ER -