lecturer: prof. nobuaki minematsu
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Japanese Language Learning Workshop
Introduction of OJAD (Online Japanese Accent Dictionary)for your self-training of Japanese pronunciation
OJAD: http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojadPromotion video for OJAD: http://youtu.be/It-NBJKJd1g
Lecturer: Prof. Nobuaki Minematsu(Graduate School of Engineering, UTokyo & Project OJAD)
Time & Date: 15:00 - 17:00 on May 26 (Tue), 2015 Room & Venue: Conference Room in the Library of Kashiwa Campus, UTokyo Langauge: English and Japanese Participation fee: free of charge Registration: eMail to International Liaison Office of GSFS ([email protected]) Note: Bring your laptop or tablet to use OJAD in class. The lecturer expects that all the participants can use WiFi at the conference room.
Content of the workshop: The workshop
1) Provides you with fundamental knowledge of word accent of Japanese. What is accent sandhi? What is accentual phrase?
2) Provides you with fundamental knowledge of phrase intonation of Japanese. What is the shortcut to master a skill of reading Japanese text naturally.
3) Shows you how to use OJAD for your self-training of Japanese pronunciation.If you see this file on a PC, check this and this!!
4) Shows you details of accent sandhi of Japanese. What is the underlying mechanism and function of accent sandhi?
Since the first release of the OJAD in August 2012, there have been more than 35K accesses from all over the world. We have given tutorial workshops of OJAD at more than 50 international cities. Never miss the OJAD workshop at KASHIWA campus!
Bio. of the lecturer:Nobuaki Minematsu obtained the doctor of Engineering from UTokyo in 1995 and is now a full professor there. He has a very wide interest in speech communication covering from science to engineering, especially in applying speech technologies to language learning. He gave a tutorial seminar on CALL at INTERSPEECH2012. He has published more than 400 scientific and technical papers. Project OJAD received an academic encouragement award from PSJ.