last updated 2009-03-31 21:30 utc
- Goh Kawai
- If you'd like to know more about me or my research, contact me at goh at kawai dot com. Many thanks.
- Click on my photo to see more pictures.
- Latest news and events
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GOH KAWAI WINS TWO TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR COURSES OFFERED IN
2007 FALL SEMESTER
2009-03-28, SAPPORO, JAPAN --
Goh Kawai, an associate professor at Hokkaido University's Center for
Language Learning, was awarded two Teaching Excellence Awards for
English language courses offered during 2007 fall semester. One course
was for students who needed to repeat an English language course, and
placed seventh in category (courses with class sizes between 25 and
49). The other course was for students planning careers as
nurses,
radiological technologists,
medical technologists,
physical therapists, or
occupational therapists,
and placed first in category (courses with class sizes no less than 50).
Links: List of major award winners, and Goh Kawai's course description (both in Japanese).
- Glexa
- Glexa (general learning experience architecture) is a web-based system for learning language online.
- Glexa screenshots and brief explanations.
- Try glexa for free with an instant account.
- Press release 2008-08-01 -- World's first automatic telephone conversation trainer sets record in large-scale online language learning English Japanese
- Press release 2008-08-01 -- High-tension video quiz system raises the bar for realistic online language learning experiences English Japanese
- Press release 2008-08-01 -- Glexa demonstration at Hokkaido University on 2008-08-04 from 09:30 to 10:15 Japanese
- 2008-08-05 thru 08 -- Glexa exhibit at WorldCALL-2008 conference held at the Fukuoka International Congress Center (booth A14), Fukuoka, Japan.
- Publications
- Research interests
- Language processing technology integrated with linguistic knowledge.
- Computational phonetics.
- Educational technology incorporating language processing.
- Language processing technology applied to nonnative language learning.
- Peer-based, minimally-supervised, online pronunciation learning.
- Blended learning incorporating synchronous and asynchronous language activities.
- Spoken language processing applied to pronunciation learning.
- Natural language generation applied to assisting nonnative writers.
- Lecture notes
- Lecture notes and anonymous comments from my students (in Japanese) are shown at http://goh.cll.hokudai.ac.jp/.
- Some course material from previous classes is not viewable.
- Vocational background
- Academic background
- Professional affiliations
- Online trivia
- I was among the people who proposed that Usenet discussion groups be created for spoken language understanding. See the charter for comp.speech. If I find a description for fj.comp.speech, I'll put the link here.
- They say my ancestors came from what used to be Kawai village. Haven't been there yet.
- Personal interests
- Contact information
- Email address
- goh at kawai dot com
- Students, faculty and staff -- please use the addresses I told you about.
- Postal addresses
- Goh Kawai
Hokkaido University
Center for Language Learning
Sapporo 060-0817 Japan
- Goh Kawai
Universiteit Antwerpen, IOIW
Venusstraat 35
2000 Antwerpen Belgium
- Telephone numbers
- Please note I have neither voicemail nor fax. Email contact is preferred.
- Office phone
- Hokkaido University +81-11-706-6931 (direct)
- Universiteit Antwerpen +32-3-220-4508 (receptionist)
- Home phone: if you call me at home for work-related reasons, expect the yakuza at your doorstep.
- Maps and directions
- Hokkaido University
- Universiteit Antwerpen