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This paper presents our work on tools to support the Tatar language, using Revita, a web-based Intelligent Tutoring System for language learning and teaching. The system allows the users — teachers and learners — to upload arbitrary authentic texts, and automatically creates exercises based on these texts that engage the learners in active production of language. It provides graduated feedback when they make mistakes, and performs continuous assessment, which helps the students maintain their learning pace, and helps the teachers to monitor their progress. 
The paper describes the functionality currently implemented for Tatar, which enables learners — who possess basic proficiency beyond the beginner level — to improve their competency, using texts of their choice as learning content. Support for Tatar is being developed to increase public interest in learning the language of this important regional minority, as well as to to provide tools for improving fluency to &quot;heritage speakers&quot; — those who have substantial passive competency, but lack active fluency and need support for regular practice.

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An Intelligent Tutor to Support Teaching and Learning of Tatar

low-resource-languages

computer-assisted language learning

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endangered languages

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This paper presents our work on tools to support the Tatar language, using Revita, a web-based Intelligent Tutoring System for language learning and teaching. The system allows the users — teachers and learners — to upload arbitrary authentic texts, and automatically creates exercises based on these texts that engage the learners in active production of language. It provides graduated feedback when they make mistakes, and performs continuous assessment, which helps the students maintain their learning pace, and helps the teachers to monitor their progress. 
The paper describes the functionality currently implemented for Tatar, which enables learners — who possess basic proficiency beyond the beginner level — to improve their competency, using texts of their choice as learning content. Support for Tatar is being developed to increase public interest in learning the language of this important regional minority, as well as to to provide tools for improving fluency to "heritage speakers" — those who have substantial passive competency, but lack active fluency and need support for regular practice.

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