Towards WordBricks — A virtual language lab for computer-assisted language learning

This paper describes WordBricks project - an intelligent computer-assisted language learning environment, recently initiated at our institution. WordBricks is intended to serve as a “virtual language lab” that supports open experiments with natural language constructions. Being based on dependency grammars, this instrument illustrates the use of modern natural language processing technologies in language learning.

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