As a Jewish woman writer from South Africa,Nadine Gordimer is a typical post-colonial novelist in the world history of literature.Her masterpiece Burger's Daughter has shown us her deep thinking about the relation...As a Jewish woman writer from South Africa,Nadine Gordimer is a typical post-colonial novelist in the world history of literature.Her masterpiece Burger's Daughter has shown us her deep thinking about the relation between the blacks and the whites in the revolution for the blacks' freedom.The thesis focuses on identity issue and analyzes how Rosa achieves self evolvement in different dialogues and her different life experiences.展开更多
Building reliable intent-based,task-oriented dialog systems typically requires substantial manual effort:designers must derive intents,entities,responses,and control logic from raw conversational data,then iterate unt...Building reliable intent-based,task-oriented dialog systems typically requires substantial manual effort:designers must derive intents,entities,responses,and control logic from raw conversational data,then iterate until the assistant behaves consistently.This paper investigates how far large language models(LLMs)can automate this development.In this paper,we use two reference corpora,Let’s Go(English,public transport)and MEDIA(French,hotel booking),to prompt four LLM families(GPT-4o,Claude,Gemini,Mistral Small)and generate the core specifications required by the rasa platform.These include intent sets with example utterances,entity definitions with slot mappings,response templates,and basic dialog flows.To structure this process,we introduce a model-and platform-agnostic pipelinewith two phases.The first normalizes and validates LLM-generated artifacts,enforcing crossfile consistency andmaking slot usage explicit.The second uses a lightweight dialog harness that runs scripted tests and incrementally patches failure points until conversations complete reliably.Across eight projects,all models required some targeted repairs before training.After applying our pipeline,all reached≥70%task completion(many above 84%),while NLU performance ranged from mid-0.6 to 1.0 macro-F1 depending on domain breadth.These results show that,with modest guidance,current LLMs can produce workable end-to-end dialog prototypes directly fromraw transcripts.Our main contributions are:(i)a reusable bootstrap method aligned with industry domain-specific languages(DSLs),(ii)a small set of high-impact corrective patterns,and(iii)a simple but effective harness for closed-loop refinement across conversational platforms.展开更多
This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the age of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered paradigm and hybrid formats dissolve spa...This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the age of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered paradigm and hybrid formats dissolve spatial hierarchies,educational authority becomes increasingly distributed and relational.The essay deconstructs conventional models rooted in institutional hierarchy and physical presence,advocating instead for an ethics-driven,dialogic,and technologically literate approach.Educators must transition from authoritative figures to facilitators of critical inquiry,capable of guiding students through algorithmic structures and promoting inclusive,participatory learning.By embracing relational authority and transparent pedagogical practices,higher education can reclaim its transformative and democratic potential in a post-AI landscape.展开更多
This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the context of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered model,and hybrid modalities challeng...This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the context of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered model,and hybrid modalities challenge spatial hierarchies,authority in education is increasingly dispersed and relational.The paper deconstructs historical structures of authority rooted in positional hierarchy and physical space,arguing instead for a model based on ethical mediation,dialogic engagement,and technological literacy.Educators must transform from content deliverers to facilitators of critical inquiry,guiding students through algorithmic complexity and fostering inclusive,participatory learning environments.By embracing relational authority and transparent practices,higher education can reclaim its democratic and transformative potential in the post-AI era.展开更多
Dialogue and fusion of horizons are two important concepts of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics,which falls into the pedagogical category of teaching English News Listening Classes.The course of English News Liste...Dialogue and fusion of horizons are two important concepts of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics,which falls into the pedagogical category of teaching English News Listening Classes.The course of English News Listening is one of the most fundamental and difficult courses in the curriculum for college students who are English majors.The simultaneous interpreting training method of shadowing is used in English News Listening Classes in helping students improve their language skill of listening and speaking.In fulfilling a teacher’s pedagogical performance of dialoguing and fusion of horizons,still one thing is important,i.e.,solidarity triggered between students and teacher,which is the good or the ethical choice between students and teacher.In English News Listening Classes,“道”or“the way(Dao)”is shadowing.In teaching English News Listening,a“dialogue”of shadowing could be achieved between students and teacher is even more significant than that of other courses.This paper intends to present the dialogic ethical triggering of fusion of horizons in class.In another word,students’knowing could be guided by teacher’s dialogic ethical triggering in English News classes.In voicing out the language,knowing in listening and speaking could help students have confidence in not only their language skills but in conquering their difficulties in their life.Teaching English News Listening at Northeastern University(NEU)in this way since 2013 has turned out to be good for students’growth and maturation in life.展开更多
文摘As a Jewish woman writer from South Africa,Nadine Gordimer is a typical post-colonial novelist in the world history of literature.Her masterpiece Burger's Daughter has shown us her deep thinking about the relation between the blacks and the whites in the revolution for the blacks' freedom.The thesis focuses on identity issue and analyzes how Rosa achieves self evolvement in different dialogues and her different life experiences.
基金This publication is part of the TrustBoost project,that has received funding from MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033,from FEDER,UEIt is a coordinated project by a multidisciplinary team from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid(UPM)and University of Granada(UGR),with two subprojects that address TrustBoost’s objectives:“Enhancing Trustworthiness in Conversational AI through Multimodal Affective Awareness”(Trust Boost-UPM,ref.PID2023-150584OB-C21)“Breaking the Duality of Conversational AI:Going beyond Guided Conversations While Ensuring Compliance with Domain Rules and Constraints”(Trust Boost-UGR,ref.PID2023-150584OB-C22).
文摘Building reliable intent-based,task-oriented dialog systems typically requires substantial manual effort:designers must derive intents,entities,responses,and control logic from raw conversational data,then iterate until the assistant behaves consistently.This paper investigates how far large language models(LLMs)can automate this development.In this paper,we use two reference corpora,Let’s Go(English,public transport)and MEDIA(French,hotel booking),to prompt four LLM families(GPT-4o,Claude,Gemini,Mistral Small)and generate the core specifications required by the rasa platform.These include intent sets with example utterances,entity definitions with slot mappings,response templates,and basic dialog flows.To structure this process,we introduce a model-and platform-agnostic pipelinewith two phases.The first normalizes and validates LLM-generated artifacts,enforcing crossfile consistency andmaking slot usage explicit.The second uses a lightweight dialog harness that runs scripted tests and incrementally patches failure points until conversations complete reliably.Across eight projects,all models required some targeted repairs before training.After applying our pipeline,all reached≥70%task completion(many above 84%),while NLU performance ranged from mid-0.6 to 1.0 macro-F1 depending on domain breadth.These results show that,with modest guidance,current LLMs can produce workable end-to-end dialog prototypes directly fromraw transcripts.Our main contributions are:(i)a reusable bootstrap method aligned with industry domain-specific languages(DSLs),(ii)a small set of high-impact corrective patterns,and(iii)a simple but effective harness for closed-loop refinement across conversational platforms.
文摘This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the age of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered paradigm and hybrid formats dissolve spatial hierarchies,educational authority becomes increasingly distributed and relational.The essay deconstructs conventional models rooted in institutional hierarchy and physical presence,advocating instead for an ethics-driven,dialogic,and technologically literate approach.Educators must transition from authoritative figures to facilitators of critical inquiry,capable of guiding students through algorithmic structures and promoting inclusive,participatory learning.By embracing relational authority and transparent pedagogical practices,higher education can reclaim its transformative and democratic potential in a post-AI landscape.
文摘This essay critically re-examines pedagogical authority in the context of artificial intelligence(AI)and hybrid learning.As AI technologies disrupt the traditional teacher-centered model,and hybrid modalities challenge spatial hierarchies,authority in education is increasingly dispersed and relational.The paper deconstructs historical structures of authority rooted in positional hierarchy and physical space,arguing instead for a model based on ethical mediation,dialogic engagement,and technological literacy.Educators must transform from content deliverers to facilitators of critical inquiry,guiding students through algorithmic complexity and fostering inclusive,participatory learning environments.By embracing relational authority and transparent practices,higher education can reclaim its democratic and transformative potential in the post-AI era.
基金Liaoning Province Education and Scientific Research Young and Middle-Aged Teachers Special Project:Innovative Research and Practice of Chunk-Based Interpreting Teaching for IP’s Curriculum(Fund No.:JG24QGA06).
文摘Dialogue and fusion of horizons are two important concepts of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics,which falls into the pedagogical category of teaching English News Listening Classes.The course of English News Listening is one of the most fundamental and difficult courses in the curriculum for college students who are English majors.The simultaneous interpreting training method of shadowing is used in English News Listening Classes in helping students improve their language skill of listening and speaking.In fulfilling a teacher’s pedagogical performance of dialoguing and fusion of horizons,still one thing is important,i.e.,solidarity triggered between students and teacher,which is the good or the ethical choice between students and teacher.In English News Listening Classes,“道”or“the way(Dao)”is shadowing.In teaching English News Listening,a“dialogue”of shadowing could be achieved between students and teacher is even more significant than that of other courses.This paper intends to present the dialogic ethical triggering of fusion of horizons in class.In another word,students’knowing could be guided by teacher’s dialogic ethical triggering in English News classes.In voicing out the language,knowing in listening and speaking could help students have confidence in not only their language skills but in conquering their difficulties in their life.Teaching English News Listening at Northeastern University(NEU)in this way since 2013 has turned out to be good for students’growth and maturation in life.
