LTfLL -2008-212578 Language Technologies for Lifelong Learning LTfLL -2008-212578 Project Deliverable Report D5.1 – Writing Support and Feedback Design Work Package WP5 Task Deliverable 5.1 Date of delivery Contractual : 01-11-2008 Actual : 01-12-2008 Code name D5.1 Version : 1.0 Draft Final Type of deliverable Report Security (distribution level) PU Authors (Partner) Stefan Trausan-Matu, Philippe Dessus, Benoît Lemaire, Sonia Mandin, Emmanuelle Villiot-Leclercq, Traian Rebedea, Costin Chiru, Dan Mihaila, Alexandru Gartner, Virginie Zampa Contact Person Stefan Trausan-Matu W P/ Task responsible Stefan Trausan-Matu EC Project Officer Mr. M. Májek Abstract (for dissemination) This report is about the way to deliver relevant feedback to students’ written production, either for free texts (e.g., essays, syntheses, notes) or chat conversation, in order for the students to build knowledge. This report presents an overview and a selection of existing models, methods and resources for: 1) the automatic analysis of learner interactions using language technologies or social network analysis (Task 5.1) and 2) the automatic analysis of learner text (Task 5.2). Secondly, a proposition of the tools to be developed for the project is presented, with their possible scenarios of use. Keywords List NLP Techniques, Free Text Assessment, Chatting, Summarizing, Knowledge Building Acknowledgements We would like to thank Paola Monachesi and Howard Spoelstra for providing valuable comments on previous versions of this report. LTfLL Project Coordination at: Open University of the Netherlands Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands Tel: + 31 45 5762624 – Fax: + 31 45 5762800