WiXi
to wixi is a verb meaning to multilingualize, so we learn each others language.
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wixi twexterwixi'd wikis get text twext.. twext texts provide meaningful, comprehensible input for language learners.. wikis make twext easy to share.. the OLPC will connect kids learning many different languages.. wixi offers a learner-centric environment for kids to construct language learning.. if you know PHP and wanna help kids learn, you can help make this wixi program a real-world learning example: http://wixi.cc/hello_world |
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chunk methodtwext uses a simple method to associate chunks of text with chunks of translation.. the method works with regular text and also with lyrics to songs.. and any
of many languages: http://wixi.cc/twexter
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xcroll inputxcroll now controls text and twext input windows, as well the live preview window.. controlling many windows with a single scrollbar has many potential uses.. free source code powers a firefox demo of xcroll at http://delyric.com/delyric or http://twext.cc/twexter
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multilingualhttp://code.google.com/soc may pay a committed computer science student $4,500 to multilingualize twexter this summer.. a UI design allows languages, dialects and slangs to participate and includes some basic wixi history/revert functions.. a rough old spec for this phase is at http://twext.cc/go/18.. | ||
databasewhat if 10 languages and 10,000 users wixi twexter? or 100 and 1,000,000? either way, there is a chance that rich data may emerge.. one trick might make filenames include independent database info.. big picture data design goal is to classify chunks by meaning before categorizing them as part of a specific language.. maybe doable w/ some kinda "numbered namespace" or http://wixi.cc/atoms | ||
wixiwixi integrates twexter into the XO wiki, MediaWiki or any other wiki.. the source text might be fixed, but anyone can edit the translation the wiki way.. http://wixi.cc/wixi | ||
delyricwixi can grow to help anyone, including OLPC kids, turn popular parts of popular songs into fun ways to construct language learning with visualized, twext translated, legal and transformative "fair use": http://wixi.cc/citage
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mexicomexico is hiring a PHP hacker to update http://twext.cc/go/php3_core with a new http://twext.cc/go/plugin system.. job description includes helping me learn to create new plugins and manage the existing code base.. si eres cuidadano o residente en mexico, aqui tienes una chamba interesante, con posibilidad de conectarte con http://twext.cc/go/google.. detalles en http://twext.cc/go/gig | |
scratchscratch help kids learn programming by assembling commands to create multimedia games.. adding twext or wixi to scratch could be an simple, affective, effective way for kids to program some human language learning.. http://scratch.mit.edu
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storyaskingkinda ruff but maybe tuff, storyasking might be a fun way we can learn each others language.. storyasking is a free child of TPRStorytelling, a language teaching method loved by plenty of teachers around the world.. storyasking offers a free way to play with TPRS.. so we can ask stories to learn each others' language.. storyasking may also be a game to scratch with twext. |
Related work
- Ruby annotation [1] [2]
- OmegaWiki with annotation.
- aligned parallel corpora
- gloss
- parts of speech tagging