Supporting Korean language learning within MUGICLE-declinable word inflection learning

We present the development of an educational system that applies patterns of declinable word inflection in Japanese and Korean languages. We describe MUGICLE (MultiGroup Interaction Collaborative Learning Environment), which is an application for Korean language education, that enables to realize a conceptual collaborative learning environment in a multi-group. This educational system was developed incorporating a great number of Korean grammatical characteristics. Our system considers the following issues. Searching processes allow the change of the inflection form or pronunciation and show learned information on the interface. The classification of the meaning of each part of the speech hierarchy is connected to the meaning categories which are organized in a meaning hierarchy. Therefore, we can easily search several areas corresponding to different situations, pronunciations, usage, and words. Especially, if one group is not properly constructed, the collaborative learning method can allow the "noncooperation learner", in which some group members do all or most of the work (and learning) while others go along for the ride. This problem can be detrimental to the achievement effects of collaborative learning. So our proposed method can solve this problem. Also we control the efficiency and equality of each group by grouping the learners properly according to their knowledge level. That is, we describe a group-building method for heterogeneous groups with different knowledge levels with a homogeneous character. Also we handle the coordination processes.