The aim of the paper is to examine the possibilities for automatic generation of language learning exercises and compare them to those manually compiled by language instructors. The paper first presents a universal methodology applied in manually created exercises for learning the language for specific purposes, elaborated with examples in the field of academic English. Next, the automation of the procedure is explored through a series of steps which include creating the corpus, analysing each exercise type and the possibility of its automatic generation, automatically generating the exercise, and evaluating the end result. The results of the evaluation suggest that automatic generation of exercises can serve as a preliminary step of a two-stage process of exercises development in which each exercise, however, needs additional approval from the language expert.
This chapter presents the whole process of learning a language for specific purposes (ls p) on a mobile device. First, a general approach to developing an lsp course for the mobile context is described. Then, the web and mobile applications developed for this purpose are presented. The proposed learning approach is thoroughly evaluated through unmoderated remote usability testing of the mobile app conducted over a period of one month. Following the testing phase, an extensive anonymous questionnaire is completed, which includes sections on user demographics, user experience with the mobile app, specifics of the learning approach, and language-specific user experience. Finally, the answers to the questionnaire are analysed and a conclusion is drawn.
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