An English-Learning Application based on extended link grammar formalism

Abstract

In this paper a new method for English learning of Chinese students based on link grammar formalism is presented. Link grammar is a context-free formalism for the description of natural language. The motivation that we develop an English learning system is to estimate what kinds of mistakes that college students will probably make by parsing students' writing English with link grammar. The system will detect students' mistakes whenever they make and give some proper suggestions. By this way, students can not only know why they make a mistake but also learn how to improve their English by taking our suggestions. Furthermore, teachers can use the system to change their teaching strategy by the statistic data of parsing results.