Mark-up-Based Writing Error Analysis Model in an On-line Classroom

Abstract

This paper describes a new component called Writing Error Analysis Model (WEAM) in the CoCoA system (Ogata et al., 1998) for instructing composition of writing in Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). The WEAM can be used for analyzing learners' writing error in certain types of morphological errors and selecting the appropriate compositions for learners' revising exercises. In accordance with the classifications of morphological errors that are often made by JFL learners (Chino & Nishina, 1977; Ichikawa, 1997), a Japanese morphological analysis system named Chasen (Matsumoto et al., 1997) is applied in the WEAM for recognizing and tabulating the selected 33 different types of morphological errors. The similarity of morphological errors between the error patterns in JFL documents stored in the CoCoA's database and the method of calculation are proposed in WEAM for retrieving documents whose sentences can provide useful exercise material for students.