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Virtual Reality based Situation Immersive English Dialogue Learning System

가상현실 기반 상황몰입형 영어 대화 학습 시스템

  • Kim, Jin-Won (Department of Computer Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Seung-Jin (Department of Computer Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Min, Ga-Young (Department of Computer Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Keon-Myung (Department of Computer Science, Chungbuk National University)
  • 김진원 (충북대학교 소프트웨어학과) ;
  • 박승진 (충북대학교 소프트웨어학과) ;
  • 민가영 (충북대학교 소프트웨어학과) ;
  • 이건명 (충북대학교 소프트웨어학과)
  • Received : 2017.11.20
  • Accepted : 2017.12.20
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

This presents an English conversation training system with which learners train their conversation skills in English, which makes them converse with native speaker characters in a virtual reality environment with voice. The proposed system allows the learners to talk with multiple native speaker characters in varous scenarios in the virtual reality environment. It recongizes voices spoken by the learners and generates voices by a speech synthesis method. The interaction with characters in the virtual reality environment in voice makes the learners immerged in the conversation situations. The scoring system which evaluates the learner's pronunciation provides the positive feedback for the learners to get engaged in the learning context.

이 논문에서는 학습자가 가상현실 안에서 음성으로 원어민 캐릭터와 대화하는 영어 대화 학습 시스템을 제안한다. 제안 시스템에서 사용자는 다양한 시나리오의 가상현실 상황에서 대화를 한다. 시스템은 사용자의 음성을 인식하고, 음성 합성을 이용하여 캐릭터의 음성을 제공한다. 몰입감과 현실감 있는 환경을 제공하는 가상현실 환경을 통해 영어 대화하는 과정에서 학습의 발음을 평가한 정보를 학습자에게 피드백으로 제공한다.

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