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Teaching English using the Chatbot Game

amichail — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:35:48 GMT

I believe that the Chatbot Game can be used to help students learn English as a second language:

http://chatbotgame.com
http://chatbotgame.com/?cmd=chat_rs
http://chatbotgame.com/?cmd=chat_s

Players of the Chatbot Game shape the chatbot's personality and expertise by adding simple chat rules. The better their chat rules, the higher they will score. Higher scoring rules are more likely to be used to generate a chatbot response.

I think such a game may be useful for learning English as a second language. After all, to score lots of points, you will do well by focusing on common sorts of conversation fragments -- exactly the sort of thing that someone learning English should focus on. Moreover, you get to see how well your rules do in actual chats in terms of a rule score and actual conversation fragments.

If the player uses poor grammar in a chat rule, then that rule may not score well assuming that most people chatting with the bot already know English pretty well. Even if someone doesn't vote down a rule with bad grammar, he/she might comment on the bad grammar in his/her response.

In essence, the chat rules can be viewed as open-ended exercises that are graded by the people chatting with the bot.

What do you think?

native speaking Chinese,is there a English-poken friend?

foriever — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:36:10 GMT

i'd like to learn English Conversation by MSN, and make friends with you,thank you!

My city is Yantai,Shandong Provinceï¼China, My msn: [removed by a mod, please add it to your profile]

Re: Learn English Online

ccandice — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:18:23 GMT

Hello,

I am an English teacher with a company called Talk to Learn English. We offer Online English Conversation classes with Skype. You can try your first class free so that you can try the class before you pay. Please visit www.talktolearnenglish.com and try it out.

Re: I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH WITH SKYPE

ccandice — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:13:46 GMT

Hello,

I am an English teacher with a company called Talk to Learn English. We do English conversation classes online via Skype. The first class is free so you can try a class before you pay. Visit www.talktolearnenglish.com and see if you like the class!

Re: My blabbing...

Mister Micawber — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:12:48 GMT

Yes, you can learn English well, but you must realize that it is particularly difficult to communicate accurately on blogs and forums, in chat rooms and elsewhere in cyberspace. You must be extra careful, extra considerate and extra polite, compared to face-to-face conversation. You might want to google 'NETIQUETTE' for some advice.

Re: a Chinese consultant wanna make friends and learn English with friends from all around the world

artearnah — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:14:37 GMT

Welcome to ESL! :)

Yea.. I think we have the same problem about how to improve our English Conversation Skills :P Here in Thailand.. I also don't have a chance to improve or to use English in the conversation.. Yes we have to learn about grammatically.. but I still have to learning about how to communicate people around the world by using English language. ^^

Anyway, Enjoy and have a good time here! :D

Re: I Want To Be Fluent English Speaker How Please?

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:58:38 GMT

Hello to all,

I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio or video, any kinds of topics as long as educational and knowledgeable and while you are listening just follow and speak what they are talking this is a training of the tongue or tongue twisting trying to develop proper accent, pronunciation, intonation etc, if any words you donât understand have your dictionary besides you and open it. next step just prepare any topics as guidelines [ prepare the main topics, sub topics and conclusion] prolong, elongate and expound the topics you wanted to discuss make it in English version at first you might have the difficulty to speak but try and try until your English would connect and connect at this point your trying to bridge the gap. What is needed in English is that at least you have many words to know {synonym and antonyms} is what i mean.

The basic training of English is that you have to speak English by any topics. I understand that for a person who lived {not speaking country have the difficulty to speak English} on my behalf, English education must start first on basic like for instance if you need English conversation find a person who could talk with you English, or else speak and talk English with yourself even if someone listening at you and say something you are a fool forget it. What is needed is you learn something and speak English. if you have the difficulty to write English just read books literatures etc at this point you can get many ideas and your vocabulary broadens, watch the period, punctuation, commas, etc, if you are not a good English listener try to listen English teachings, news whatever that could improve your English, the four pillars of English are: reading. Speaking, writing and listening, if you have this all then you can speak English although not fluent as what others did but at least you can communicate via reading, writing, listening and speak. Fluent English would follow donât give up keep trying until success.

I am a Filipino not an English speaker, writer, etc but in terms of communication i could communicate. For to me to learn English depends on individual. If we have the basic then we have to improve, have the desire, act on it, and apply no need a tutor individual interest is vital here. Donât be shy to speak English if the English is crooked and someone laughs at you accept it consider yourself that you are not an English person, perhaps the person who laughs at you donât know how to speak English and even to communicate with. Thereâs a saying goes: a noisy person have little knowledge than a silent one. in this world what is important is communication regardless of races, nationality and religion. a crooked English is better than nothing, a crooked or a carabao English has the opportunity to become fluent rather than nothing. but if you have nothing at all nobody blames except yourself, your making your own fate and destiny donât blame your parents and the government its your own decision for what you are now, your right decision now will be your future someday but if you donât plan or decision today do you think you have something to expect in the future. To speak English needs perseverance, long patience and determination to reach the goal this is fundamental requirements. people who cannot speak English has less opportunity to go abroad particularly in the open country, and thatâs the reason why I wanted to learn English even basic for this is my only tool to go to other countries if opportunities permit.

From Philippines,

Rene

Re: Free Learn English Online

skbbabu — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:46:12 GMT

Hi,

This is Babu.I am having doubts while using past tense in conversation.

by using could,wolud,had, had been like that.

Re: I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH WITH SKYPE

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:43:42 GMT

hello all,

i am from Russia and as some of you i wants to find someone for conversation in English.
my skype is ldfm4ldf. i will be very glad to find someone.
Andrey , 27 y.o. Moscow

Re: wanna learn english ? come to our chat-room

Dvdsun — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:15:44 GMT

Hi to Ketsara, We can have English conversation. My name is David Sunardi, from Indonesia. Nice to meet you