Dr. Neasa Ni Chiarain

Neasa Ní Chiaráin is working on the development of speech and language technology for Irish, particularly on Irish language synthetic voices as part of the ABAIR initiative (www.abair.ie) in the Phonetics and Speech Lab, CLCS. As well as working on the development of the underpinning linguistic resources needed for synthesis, her research focuses on exploring the application of speech and language technology in a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) context, particularly for the teaching/learning of Irish.

  2ND LANGUAGE   attidude & motivational studies of second-language learners   Autonomy in Language Learning   Celtic languages and literature   classroom second language learning/acquisition   Computer Assisted Language Learning   Corpus Linguistics   DIALOG   Discourse & Dialogue   Dyslexia and problems of written language   Education and minority language   Educational applications of Speech Technology   Game-based language learning   intelligent computer-assisted language learning (iCALL)   Irish Language   Irish speech and language technology   LANGUAGE   LANGUAGE ACQUISITION   Language and technology   LANGUAGE LEARNING   Language pedagogy   Learner corpora   Minority language education and maintenance   Natural Language Processing   ORAL LANGUAGE   Second language acquisition   Second language acquisition, socio-cultural and psychological aspects   Second language curriculum   SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS   Second Language Learning   SPEECH   Speech and Language Technology   Speech and Language Technology in Education   Speech processing/technology   SPEECH RECOGNITION   Speech synthesis   Speech technology   Technology and communication   Technology and language