On-line hypermedia contents for learning and practicing foreign languages

Exercises generation

èFor each closed-caption text several HTML “gap-fill” exercises are generated

4Use of pattern substitution rules to generate an HTML form

– replace specific grammar or syntactic patterns with an input field

4Generation of indication to fill the gap

– lemma form of the replaced words and morpho-syntactic properties found

4Evaluation of the answers by a script on the http server

– comparing input text with original form found in the text

èSeveral kinds of exercises can be generated

4Verbs, adjectives with comparative or superlative form, prepositions

èExercises can be retrieved and edited by teachers and stored onto the school server