Pre-training task
Dear Participants,
Welcome to the “AI and Corpus-aided self-directed interactive English and Mandarin Pronunciation Training Course”! I am thrilled to have you all on board and look forward to an engaging and transformative learning experience.
This course is designed to harness the power of artificial intelligence and extensive linguistic corpora to provide you with personalized and effective pronunciation training. Whether you are looking to refine your English or Mandarin pronunciation, our tools and resources will guide you through a self-directed learning journey, tailored to your individual learning and teaching needs.
Throughout the course, you will have access to a variety of interactive exercises, real-time feedback, and comprehensive analytics to track your progress. Our goal is to help you achieve clear and accurate pronunciation, enhancing your communication skills in both languages.
I am confident that this course will provide you with valuable skills and knowledge. Let’s embark on this exciting journey together and make the most of the opportunities to learn and grow.
Best regards,
Dr. Rebecca Chen
Associate Professor and Project Leader
Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies
The Education University of Hong Kong
The Spoken Corpus of Hong Kong Learners of Mandarin: https://corpus.eduhk.hk/pth_learner_corpus/
ChatGPT via Poe: https://poe.com/ChatGPT
Copilot by Microsoft: https://copilot.microsoft.com
文心一言 (ERNIE Bot): https://yiyan.baidu.com/
NaturalReader: https://www.naturalreaders.com/
Chinese text-to-speech on Narakeet: https://www.narakeet.com/languages/chinese-text-to-speech/
Teachable Machine: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/
Introduction to Corpora
Session 1 - Segmental features
Session 2 - Tones
Session 3 - Understanding global Mandarin
Post-training evaluation
Resources
ChatGPT via Poe: https://poe.com/ChatGPT
Copilot by Microsoft: https://copilot.microsoft.com
文心一言 (ERNIE Bot): https://yiyan.baidu.com/
Murf AI: https://murf.ai
Immersive Reader by Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-immersive-reader-in-word-a857949f-c91e-4c97-977c-a4efcaf9b3c1
Speaker Coach by Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/rehearse-your-slide-show-with-speaker-coach-cd7fc941-5c3b-498c-a225-83ef3f64f07b
Teachable Machine: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/
The Spoken Corpus of Hong Kong Learners of Mandarin
The spoken corpus of Hong Kong learners of Mandarin is the core of the learning platform. The main goal of the corpus is to raise the awareness of Mandarin learners, both in Hong Kong and overseas, of their own pronunciation problems and to enhance their active engagement in their Mandarin learning process.
The spoken corpus provides 40 sets of high-quality recordings of monosyllabic words, multisyllabic words, passages, and free speech. In addition to authentic speech data, annotations in broad transcription of both segmental and suprasegmental errors of the speech data and orthographical transcriptions are also accessible and available to all learners, teachers and researchers.
