Educational System of English Tense for Japanese Learners by Forming Temporal Constraints on Tense

Abstract

In this study, we developed an English-tense learning and education system that provides training in constructing tense constraints from given sentences. Temporal constraints refer to the condition that the correct choice should be met in English tense-choice questions. In this study, we organized the patterns of temporal constraints and guided learners to assemble them based on these patterns. We also introduced a visual representation to enhance the intuitive understanding of temporal constraints. We conducted an experimental evaluation of the proposed system to investigate its learning effectiveness. Additionally, in the experimental evaluation, we developed a system using graphic representation and a system without graphic representation and investigated the differences between them.