Luiz Amaral Papers

PUBLICATIONS:

Roeper, Tom and Luiz Amaral (In progress). Multiple Grammars and Second Language Representation.

Amaral, Luiz, Flávia Cunha and Glaucia Silva (In progress). The Acquisition of a Semantic Contrast in Subordinate Clauses by Heritage Speakers of Portuguese.

Amaral, Luiz (2011). Bilinguismo, Aquisição, Letramento e o Ensino de Múltiplas Línguas em Escolas Indígenas no Brasil. In Cadernos de Educação Escolar Indígena. Vol.9 (1), pp. 13-32. Cárceres, MT: Editora UNEMAT.

Amaral, Luiz and Detmar Meurers (2011). On Using Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning in Real-Life Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. In ReCALL. Vol 23 (1), pp. 4-24. Cambridge University Press.

Amaral, Luiz, Detmar Meurers and Ramon Ziai (2011). Analyzing Learner Language: Towards A Flexible NLP Architecture for Intelligent Language Tutor. In Computer Assisted Language Learning. Vol 1, pp. 1-16. Routledge.

Amaral, Luiz (2011). Revisiting Current Paradigms in Computer Assisted Language Learning Research and Development. In Ilha do Desterro. Vol. 60, pp. 365-389. UFSC - Brazil.

Meurers, Detmar, Ramon Ziai, Luiz Amaral, Adriane Boyd, Aleksandar Dimitrov, Vanessa Metcalf, Niels Ott (2010). Enhancing Authentic Web Pages for Language Learner. In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, NAACL-HLT 2010, Los Angeles.

Amaral, Luiz and Detmar Meurers (2009). Little Things with Big Effects: On the Identification and Interpretation of Tokens for Error Diagnosis in ICALL. In CALICO Journal. 27 (1), pp. 580 - 591.

Amaral, Luiz and Detmar Meurers (2008). From Recording Linguistic Competence to Supporting Inferences about Language Acquisition in Context. In Computer Assisted Language Learning. 21 (5), pp. 323-338. Routledge.

Amaral, Luiz and Detmar Meurers (2007). Conceptualizing Student Models for ICALL. In Cristina Conati and Kathleen F. McCoy (Eds.): User Modeling 2007: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Wien, New York, Berlin: Springer.

Feldman, Anna, Jirka Hana, Luiz Amaral, and Chris Brew (2006). Tagging Portuguese with a Spanish Tagger. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Cross-Language Knowledge Induction at the 11th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL). Trento, Italy.

Amaral, Luiz (2005). Desafiando a Localidade. In Palavra Journal, n.12, p 119 - 132. PUC-Rio. Brazil.

Amaral, Luiz (2004). A Forma do Objeto Direto Anafórico em Português - Uma análise motivada pela topicalidade. In Cadernos do Congresso Nacional de Lingüística e Filologia, Vol. VIII, n.14, p 9 - 22. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Amaral, Luiz (2003). Um Modelo de Restrições Semântico-Selecionais para Sistemas de Processamento de Linguagem Natural. In Veredas Journal, v.9, p 31 - 45. Juiz de Fora - MG. Brazil.

Oliveira, Claudia, Luiz Amaral, and Milena Garrão (2003). Recognizing Complex Prepositions Prep+N+Prep as Negative Patterns in Automatic Term Extraction from Texts. In Proceedings of 1st Workshop em Tecnologia da Informação e da Linguagem Humana (TIL2003). São Carlos - SP. Brazil

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations:

Amaral, Luiz, Flavia Cunha and Glaucia Silva. The Acquisition of the Semantic Contrast in Subordinate Clauses by Heritage Speakers of Portuguese. In the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL-11). Chicago, IL. March 26 - 29, 2011.

Amaral, Luiz and Flavia Cunha. Integrating ICALL in Different Instructional Environments. In Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium. University of Victoria. May 20 – 23, 2011.

Amaral, Luiz. New Paradigms in Generative Second Language Acquisition Research: An example of experimental methodologies shaping the theoretical debate. In Experimental Psycholinguistics: Formal Approaches. University of Campinas. December 1 - 3, 2010.

Amaral, Luiz, and Meghann Peace. New Evidence on the Acquisition of the OPC in Spanish, and What it Means for a Theory of SLA. In Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Indiana University. October 15 – 17, 2010.

Amaral, Luiz, Flavia Cunha, Detmar Meurers, and Ramon Ziai. Developing and Integrating ICALL Systems. In Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2010). Amherst College. June 10 – 12, 2010.

Payne, Scott, Luiz Amaral, Weijia Li, and Michael Lipschultz. LangBot: An Intelligent Agent for Language Learning. In Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2010). Amherst College. June 10 – 12, 2010.

Amaral, Luiz. Automatic Input Processing for Activities with Target Answers. In Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2009). Arizona State University. April 12 – 14, 2009.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. On the Annotation and Use of Learner Language Corpora. Invited Colloquium on "Bridging Computational and Applied Linguistics: Implementation Challenges and Benefits" at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL-09). Denver, Colorado. March 21 - 24, 2009.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Tapping into the synergy between SLA, Foreign Language Instruction and Natural Language Processing in ICALL. In AILA: 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Essen, Germany. August 25, 2008.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Little Things With Big Effects: On the identification and interpretation of tokens for error diagnosis in ICALL. In Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2008). University of San Francisco. March 18 – 22, 2008.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Putting Activity Models in the Driver’s Seat: Towards a demand-driven NLP architecture for ICALL. In European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL 2007). University of Ulster, Ireland. September 5 – 8, 2007.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers Extending Learner Models for Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning Beyond Grammar. Conference on Technology for Second Language Learning. Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa. September 21 – 22, 2007.

Amaral, Luiz. Creating ICALL Activities for Task Based Instruction. In Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2007). Texas State University. May 22 - 26, 2007.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Designing Lerner Models for Intelligent Language Tutors. In Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2007). Texas State University. May 22 - 26, 2007.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Using a Foreign Language Tutoring System for Grammatical Feedback. In European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL 2006). University of Granada, Spain. September 4 - 7, 2006.

Amaral, Luiz, and Detmar Meurers. Where Does ICALL Fit into Foreign Language Teaching? In Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2006). University of Hawaii. May 16 - 20, 2006.

Amaral, Luiz, Vanessa Metcalf, and Detmar Meurers. Language Awareness Through Re-use of NLP Technology. In Workshop NLP in CALL at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO 2006). University of Hawaii. May 16 - 20, 2006.

Amaral, Luiz, Detmar Meurers, and Gláucia Silva. Using Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) Systems to Support Portuguese Instruction. In The Fifth International Conference of the American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA 2006). University of Minnesota. October 5 - 7, 2006.

Silva, Gláucia, and Luiz Amaral. Communicative Abilities of Learners of Portuguese in an Individualized Instruction Program. In Eighth International Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association. Vanderbuilt University. October 13 - 16, 2006.

Silva, Gláucia, and Luiz Amaral. Challenges for Establishing a Portuguese Individualized Instruction Program in the US. In South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Atlanta - GA. November 5, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz. The Role of the Personal Infinitive in BP Tough-Constructions. In Niagara Linguistic Society at the University at Buffalo. Buffalo - NY. September 30, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz. When Semantics Changes Syntax: the subcategorization of adjectives in Brazilian Portuguese. In V Workshop in Formal Linguistics at USP. University of São Paulo, August 25-26, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz. Locality in Weak Unbounded Dependency Constructions: an HPSG approach for the Portuguese tough-constructions. In 8th Ohio State University Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures. Ohio State University. April 29, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz and Gláucia Silva. Integrating CALL tools into the Portuguese Classroom. In 58th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. April 21 - 23, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz. Using Computers to Teach Foreign Language. In Ohio Latinamericanist Conference. Ohio State University. March 4, 2005.

Amaral, Luiz. Um Modelo de Restrições Semânticas de Complementos Verbais para o PB. In The Fourth International Conference of the American Portuguese Studies Association. University of Maryland, College Park. October 14-16, 2004.

Amaral, Luiz. A Forma do Objeto Direto Anafórico em Português - Uma análise motivada pela topicalidade. In VIII Congresso Nacional de Lingüística e Filologia. Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). August 23 - 27, 2004.

Amaral, Luiz. Definindo Locuções Prepositivas em Português: Composicionalidade de Expressões do Tipo [em+N+de]. In 57th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. April 15-17, 2004.

Amaral, Luiz, Claudia Oliveira, and Milena Garrão. How Complex are Complex Prepositions? In 7th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS). University of New Mexico. October 16-18, 2003.

Oliveira, Claudia, Luiz Amaral, and Milena Garrão. Complex Prepositions and the Internal Structure of NPs. In 6th Annual Ohio State University Graduate Student Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Linguistics, and Cultures. March 3, 2003.

Invited Speaker:

Panorara e Perspectivas do Ensino de Línguas Indígenas no Brasil. Primeiro Encontro sobre o Ensino de Línguas Indígenas em Roraima. Universidade Estadual de Roraima. Boa Vista, RR. November 30 - December 2, 2011.

Bilínguismo e Aquisição de Segunda Língua. Magistério Indígena da Escola Estadual Tapi'itãwa. Aldeia Tapirapé, MT. June 27 - July 2, 2011.

Usando a Teoria de Gramáticas Múltiplas para Explicar a Aquisição de Segunda Língua. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. July 19, 2011.

Explicando a Opcionalidade, a Estabilização e a Recursividade em Falantes Bilíngues através da Teoria de Gramáticas Múltiplas. Universidade Federal de Roraima. July 6, 2011.

Technology is Not a Panacea: The Pedagogical Problems of Incorporating Existing Software into Foreign Language Instruction. Keynote at the Portuguese Language Conference 2009. UMass Dartmouth. September 19, 2009.

Intelligent Language Tutoring Systems - Research and Implementation. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). September 1, 2006.

Creating Intelligent Exercises - Using NLP techniques in CALL. Kenyon College. Gambier - OH. November 7, 2005.

Processamento Sintático e Representações Lingüísticas: formalização e teoria. University of São Paulo (USP) - São Paulo-SP. August 24, 2005.

Bridging the Gap Between Natural Language Processing and the Language Teaching Practice in ICALL Research. Núcleo Interinstitucional de Lingüística Computacional (NILC). São Carlos - SP. August 19, 2005.

HPSG and Locality. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). September 10, 2004.