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The importance of
English language cannot be denied in the cultural and
social setting of Pakistan. A Pakistani student needs
good reading, writing and oral skills pertaining to
English language in order to find good jobs in the local
and global market. In order to meet the growing demands
for good English language teachers and language training
institutes, a new English language teaching methodology
is introduced through the "Adaptive English Language
Teaching Tool" Project.
The project is funded by National ICT R&D Fund and it is
being developed through collaboration of the following
organizations
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences,
(FAST NU), Lahore responsible for software development
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Institute of Education, Punjab University Lahore, (IER),
responsible for developing the contents of teaching
material
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National College of Arts, Lahore, (NCA), responsible
for developing multi-media content for presentation
in the software
The goal of this project
is to develop a computer-aided language learning system for imparting
English language skills to the students of class IX. Teaching
materials and lessons will be developed in light of the aims and
objective set out in the "National Curriculum of Pakistan",
developed by the Ministry of Education. The project proposes to
develop English Language Teaching Software and tools using a
multi-modal interface with examples and illustrations which are
relevant to our local and cultural setting. Also, to make this tool
an effective medium of instruction, some of the examples and text
will be in Urdu, which is a feature not present in most of the
existing English language teaching software. This tool will be based
on the state of the art techniques in artificial intelligence and
human computer interface for intelligent user modeling and profiling.
The main objectives of the project are the following:
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Develop and evaluate culturally
appropriate teaching materials for English language
based on the National Curriculum.
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Investigate user modeling techniques for e-Learning
systems
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Develop
effective e-Learning and evaluation systems for
English language learning, extensible to other
languages and subjects.
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Evaluate
and propose changes to the currently taught syllabus
and methodology to incorporate e-Learning based
teaching.
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