STiLL Speech Technology in Language Learning May 25 - 27, Marholmen, Sweden PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

SUNDAY, May 24

	19.30		Bus transport from Stockholm City
	20.30		Registration and reception

MONDAY, May 25

	9.00-10.00		Registration and reception
	10.00-10.20	Opening
	10.20-11.00	Keynote	James Emil Flege: Second-language Speech Learning: The Role of Subject and Phonetic Variables
	11.00-12.00		Lectures

	C Campbell & P Delcloque	An intelligent tutor for the acquisition of French pronunciation within the communicative approach to language learning. The secondary and tertiary solutions
	Kathleen B Egan & Anita H Kulman	A proficiency-oriented analysis of computer- assisted language learning
	Ineke Mennen	Can language learners ever acquire the intonation of a second language?

	12.00-13.00	LUNCH
	13.00-15.00		Poster session incl coffee break and exhibition

	Julie Wallace, Martin Russel & Catherine Brown	The STAR system: A children´s speech training aid based on automatic speech recognition
	Jonathan Dalby, Diane Kewley-Port & Roy Sillings	Language-specific pronunciation training using the HearSay system
	Jean-Pierre Messager, Hervé Gourmelon, Guy Mercier & Jacques Siroux	Research in speech processing for Breton language training
	A Álvarez, R Martinez, P Gómez & J L Dominguez	A signal processing technique for speech visualization
	William Byrne, Sanjeev Khudanpur, Eva Knodt & Jared Bernstein	Is automatic speech recognition ready for non-native speech? A data collection effort and initial experiments in modeling conversational Hispanic English
	Philippe Langlais, Anne-Marie Öster, Rolf Carlson & Björn Granström	Automatic detection of mispronunciation in non-native Swedish speech
	Evelyn Abberton & Adrian Fourcin	Interactive acquisition of prosodic skills
	Mariko Kondo	The use of prosody for acquisition of Japanese mora-timing by English speakers
	Anna Sundström	Automatic prosody modification as a means for foreign language pronunciation training
	Anne-Marie Öster	Results of spoken L2 teaching with contrastive visual and auditory feedback
	J van Doorn, J Shakeshaft, A Winkworth, L Hand, S Joshi	Models of Australian English vowels for commercial visual feedback systems
	Maxine Eskenazi, Scott Hansma, Monique Semp & Randy Warner	By ear and by eye - adaptive tutoring for foreign language pronunciation training

15.00-17.00

Lectures

	Rodolfo Delmonte	Prosodic modeling for automatic language tutors
	Leonardo Neumeyer, Horacio Franco, Victor Abrash, Luc Julia, Orith Ronen, Harry Bratt, Jehan Bing & Vassilis Digalakis	WebGrader: A multilingual pronunciation practice tool
	Farzad Ehsani, Kathleen Egan, Jim Meador & Steve Stokowski	Design and evaluation of a computer aided language learning system for Japanese
	Stefan Auberg, Nelson Correa, Martin Rothenberg & Mark Shanahan	Vowel and intonation training in an English pronunciation tutor
	Goh Kawai & Keikichi Hirose	A call system using speech recognition to train the pronunciation of Japanese tokushuhaku
	Maxine Eskenazi	Duration detection and correction in the Fluency system

	17.00-18.30	Dinner
	18.30 -	Demo session and exhibition

TUESDAY, May 26

	09.00-09.40	Keynote	Patti Price: How can speech technology replicate and complement skills of good language teachers in ways that help people to learn language?
	09.40-11.50		Lectures including coffee break (30 min.)

	Horacio Franco, Leonardo Neumeyer & Harry Bratt	Modeling intra word pauses in pronunciation scoring
	Bob Sevenster, Guus de Krom & Gerrit Bloothooft	Evaluation and training of second-language learners´ pronunciation using phoneme-based HMMs
	Catia Cucchiarini, Helmer Strik & Lou Boves	Automatic pronunciation grading for Dutch
	Silke Witt & Steve Young	Performance measures for phone-level pronunciation teaching in CALL
	Stefan Auberg, Nelson Correa, Victoria Locktionova, Richard Molitor & Martin Rothenberg	The accent coach: An English pronunciation training system for Japanese speakers

	11.50-13.30	Lunch
	13.30-15.10		Lectures

	John S Pruitt, Hideki Kawahara, Reiko Akahane-Yamada & Rieko Kubo	Methods of enhancing speech stimuli for perceptual training: Exaggerated articulation, context truncation, and "STRAIGHT" resynthesis
	Reiko Akahane-Yamada, Takahiro Adachi, Hideki Kawahara, John S Pruitt & Erik McDermott	Toward the optimization of computer-based second-language production training
	Matthias Jilka & Gregor Möhler	Identifying intonational foreign accent by means of resynthesis: implications for foreign language teaching
	Valerie Hazan & A Simpson	The effect of cue-enhancement on consonant perception by non-native listeners
	Kazuo Nakayama	Enhancing speech perception of Japanese learners of English. Utilizing time-scale modification of speech and related techniques

15.10-17.00

Poster session and coffee break

	S Ciocea, M Dufranne, J Schoentgen & R Beeckmans	A multi-modal software interface for teaching phonetic transcription
	Hĺkan Larsson	Lingus - a general purpose computer aided langage learning system which could serve as a platform for the implementation of speech analysis tools
	Asoke Kumar Datta	Stress: An augmented articulator effort
	Paulina Dalva Artimonte Rocca	The efficacy of computer-driven visual feedback in the teaching of intonation to Brazilian learners of English
	Satoshi Imaizumi, Koichi Mori, Shigeru Kiritani, Toshisada Deguch, Hideaki Seki & Kazuo Nakayama	Plasticity in neural and mental representations of non-native phonemes
	DP Wissing & JL van der Walt	The learning of English aspirated stops by Arab speakers
	NM Brooke & S Scott	An audio-visual speech synthesiser
	Jan Nouza & Jana Mádlíková	Evaluation tests on visual feedback in speech and language learning
	Robert McAllister	The concept of "foreign accent" in the production and perception of a second language
	Gustaf Söderlund & Jan Nordstrand	Tactile aids - Training equipment and methods for the varying needs in different ages
	Ingrid Jonsson	Multi-sensory stimulation of voice, speech and sounds from surroundings

WEDNESDAY, May 27

09.00-10.00

Lectures

	Ron Cole, Tim Carmell, Pam Connors, Mike Macon, Alice Tarachow, Jacques de Villiers, Joohan Wouters, Dominic Massaro, Michael Cohen, Jie Yang, Uwe Meier, Alex Waibel, Pat Stone, George Fortier, Alice Davis & Chris Soland	Intelligent animated agents for interactive language training
	Pierre Badin, Gérard Bailly, Christian Benoît & Louis-Jean Boë	Towards the use of a Virtual Talking Head and of Speech Mapping tools for pronunciation training
	Dominic W Massaro & Michael M Cohen	Speech training for hearing-impaired perceivers using a synthetic animated agent

	10.00-10.30	Coffee break
	10.30-11.10	Keynote	Jared Bernstein: New Uses for Speech Technology in Language Education
	11.10-12.10		Lectures

	Brent Townshend, Jared Bernstein, Ognjen Todic & Eryk Warren	Estimation of spoken language proficiency
	Sarah Davies & Massimo Poesio	A CSLUrp-based spoken dialogue system for TEFL
	Mieke Devlieger	The applicability of speech recognition in the context of task-based language learning for young children

	12.10		Workshop closing - farewell lunch
	13.30		Bus transport to Stockholm City

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