Corpora processing and computational scaffolding for an innovative web-based English learning environment: The CANDLE project Hsien-Chin Liou a *, Jason S. Chang b , Hao-Jen Chen c , Chih-Cheng Lin c , Meei-Ling Liaw d , Zhao-ming Gao e , Jyh-Shing Jang b , Yuli. Yeh a , Thomas C. Chuang f , and Geeng-Neng You g a Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan b Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan c Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan d Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan e Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan f Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Jhongli, Taoyuan, Vanung University g Graduate Institute of Multimedia, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan [To appear in CALICO Journal, 2006, 24, 1 ] ±H¥óªÌ: "Robert Fischer" <RFischer@txstate.edu> ¦¬¥óªÌ: <hcliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw> ¥D¦®: Your submission to the CALICO Journal ¤é´Á: Monday, 1 August, 2005 3:10 Dear Professor Liou, We have completed the review process of your recent submission to the CALICO Journal, and I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript, "Corpora processing and computational scaffolding for an innovative web-based English learning environment: The CANDLE project,?has been accepted for publication. Your article will appear in Volume 24, Issue No. 1 of the CALICO Journal (September 2006). Because CALICO, like most other organizations, does not publish work that has been previously published, please confirm that this manuscript has not been published elsewhere. As we progress in the editing process, I may need to contact you for additional information. Thank you for thinking of CALICO and submitting your work to our journal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. ---------------------------------- Robert Fischer, Executive Director CALICO 214 Centennial Hall Texas State University 601 University Drive San Marcos TX 78666 Phone: 512/245-1417 Fax: 512/245-9089 Email: execdir@calico.org Web: http://www.calico.org Abstract The paper describes the development of an innovative web-based environment for English learning with advanced data-driven and statistic approaches. The project uses various corpora--including a Chinese-English parallel corpus, Sinorama, and various natural language processing tools to construct effective English learning tasks for college learners with adaptive computational scaffolding. It integrates the expertise of a group of researchers in four areas: (1) advances in natural language processing technologies and applications, (2) construction of a self-access reading environment, (3) exploration of English learning through written exercises and translation, and (4) using bilingual corpora for culture-based English learning. In this paper, its conceptualization 1