Using Word Semantics To Assist English as a Second Language Learners
Mahmoud Azab, Chris Hokamp, Rada F. Mihalcea · 2015
We introduce an interactive interface that aims to help English as a Second Language (ESL) students overcome language related hindrances while reading a text.The interface allows the user to find supplementary information on selected difficult words.The interface is empowered by our lexical substitution engine that provides context-based synonyms for difficult words.We also provide a practical solution for a real-world usage scenario.We demonstrate using the lexical substitution engine -as a browser extension that can annotate and disambiguate difficult words on any webpage.