Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language

Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

doi:10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.72

Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language

Brendan Flanagan, Chengjiu Yin, Takahiko Suzuki, Sachio Hirokawa

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Abstract

It is important for language learners to determine and reflect on their writing errors in order to overcome weaknesses. Each language learner has their own unique writing error characteristics and therefore has different learning needs. In this paper, we analyze the writing errors of foreign language learners on the language learning SNS website Lang-8 to investigate the characteristics of errors by native language. 142,465 sentences were collected from Lang-8 for analysis. For each native language, the predicted scores of 15 error categories from SVM machine learning models are used as a vector representation of each sentence. These score vectors are then clustered to determine error co-occurrence within the same sentence. The results were then analyzed to determine the error characteristics of different native languages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	318-323
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479941735
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.72
Publication status	Published - Sep 29 2014
Event	3rd IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014 - Kitakyushu, Japan Duration: Aug 31 2014 → Sep 4 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014

Other

Other	3rd IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014
Country	Japan
City	Kitakyushu
Period	8/31/14 → 9/4/14

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Information Systems

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Flanagan, B., Yin, C., Suzuki, T., & Hirokawa, S. (2014). Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language. In Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014 (pp. 318-323). [6913316] (Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.72

Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language. / Flanagan, Brendan; Yin, Chengjiu; Suzuki, Takahiko; Hirokawa, Sachio.

Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 318-323 6913316 (Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Flanagan, B, Yin, C, Suzuki, T & Hirokawa, S 2014, Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language. in Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014., 6913316, Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 318-323, 3rd IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014, Kitakyushu, Japan, 8/31/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.72

Flanagan B, Yin C, Suzuki T, Hirokawa S. Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language. In Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 318-323. 6913316. (Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.72

Flanagan, Brendan ; Yin, Chengjiu ; Suzuki, Takahiko ; Hirokawa, Sachio. / Classification and clustering English writing errors based on native language. Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 318-323 (Proceedings - 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2014).

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