Description
Lýsingin er á ensku:Authentic language from real-life situations is a rich source for creating a realistic interaction between human users (learners) and virtual agents. Moreover, it helps to define vocabulary and culturally specific verbal expressions that humans use in natural conversations. As such, it was collected from context- specific situations in downtown Reykjavik where natural language was used in conversations between different speakers. The data were analysed and used not only for defining specific communicative functions that occur in face-to-face conversations between humans in real life, but also for modelling a realistic multimodal behaviour of embodied conversational agents (ECAs) that is present in those functions. By using authentic language in Virtual Reykjavik, the ECAs are able to respond to learners in a more natural manner that resembles language practices of Icelanders in real life. As opposed to language textbooks, Virtual Reykjavik provides for a specific interim learning space, in which learners can practice Icelandic in virtuality in the way it is used in in real life.
| Period | 13 Apr 2016 |
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| Held at | Konstantín-háskóli í Nitra, Slóvakíu, Slovakia |
| Degree of Recognition | Local |