Asia CALL Conference 2012 | Filipino Heritage Language Learning Systems
1. Asia CALL International Conference 2012 | November 16-17, 2012 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Filipino Heritage Language
Learning Systems
Ralph Vincent J. Regalado
De La Salle University, Philippines
2. Heritage Language
“a person who is
raised in a home where
a language other than
English is spoken, who
speaks or understands
that language, and who
is some degree bilingual
in English and the home
language.”
Valdes, G. (2000). Introduction. Spanish for
native speakers, Volume 1. New York:
Harcourt College Publishers.
3. Heritage Language
Montrul, S. (2010). Current issues in heritage language acquisition. Annual Review of Applied
Linguistics, 30 , 3–23.
5. Filipino Heritage Learners
• Exposed to basic
Filipino
• No formal
education of the
language
• Although courses
are offered,
teachers have
expressed the need
for more materials
14. Salinlahi 1
Theme Lesson
Lessons Basic Greetings
Family Members
Home
Parts of the House
Household Chores
Filipino Alphabet
School Days of the week; Months
of the Year
Colors, Numbers Shape
Market
Transacting in Filipino /
Buying
Park Different People in the
Community
Jeepstop Asking for Directions
Hospital Parts of the Body
23. Salinlahi 3
Technology • Adapting modules of an
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Used • Use of Natural Language
Understanding and Generation
• User Modeling
24. Discussion
• Can be used as a supplementary learning
material
• Improve delivery of lessons
• Involve actual Filipino heritage learners to
test the system
25. Future Works
• API
• Mobile applications
• User modeling
• Affect recognition
• Speech Recognition
26. Asia CALL International Conference 2012 | November 16-17, 2012 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Filipino Heritage Language
Learning Systems
Ralph Vincent J. Regalado