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The Gong System: Web-Based Learning for Multiple Languages, with Special Support for the Yale Representation of Cantonese

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Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2005 (ICWL 2005)

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This paper introduces the Gong system, an Internet-based voice board system designed primarily for language learners which includes special support for Cantonese. The Gong system is a client/server design which may be used to complement or, in some contexts, to replace face to face learning. The system supports Unicode input, storage and display of multiple character sets. Furthermore, we have developed a unique storage and display method for the Yale romanized representation of Cantonese, which is the most popular written method used for teaching Cantonese.

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  1. The Gong Project, http://www.cs.ust.hk/gong

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong

    David Rossiter, Gibson Lam & Vivying Cheng

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  1. David Rossiter
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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, South Road, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK

    Rynson W. H. Lau

  2. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Qing Li

  3. Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P.O. Box

    Ronnie Cheung

  4. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Wenyin Liu

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Rossiter, D., Lam, G., Cheng, V. (2005). The Gong System: Web-Based Learning for Multiple Languages, with Special Support for the Yale Representation of Cantonese. In: Lau, R.W.H., Li, Q., Cheung, R., Liu, W. (eds) Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2005. ICWL 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3583. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11528043_20

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11528043_20

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

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