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Developing an Automated Writing Placement System for ESL Learners
| العنوان: | Developing an Automated Writing Placement System for ESL Learners |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Yannakoudakis, Helen, Andersen, Øistein E., Geranpayeh, Ardeshir, Briscoe, T, Nicholls, Diane |
| المصدر: | Applied Measurement in Education. 2018 31(3):251-267. |
| الإتاحة: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journalsTest |
| تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2018 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| الواصفات: | Automation, Data Processing, Student Placement, English Language Learners, Writing (Composition), Language Proficiency, Achievement Rating, Test Construction, Scores, Writing Improvement, Usability, Second Language Learning, Benchmarking, Foreign Countries |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Europe |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08957347.2018.1464447 |
| تدمد: | 0895-7347 |
| مستخلص: | There are quite a few challenges in the development of an automated writing placement model for non-native English learners, among them the fact that exams that encompass the full range of language proficiency exhibited at different stages of learning are hard to design. However, acquisition of appropriate training data that are relevant to the task at hand is essential in the development of the model. Using the Cambridge Learner Corpus writing scores, which have been subsequently benchmarked to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels, we conceptualize the task as a supervised machine learning problem, and primarily focus on developing a generic writing model. Such an approach facilitates the modeling of truly consistent, internal marking criteria regardless of the prompt delivered, which has the additional advantage of requiring smaller dataset sizes and not necessarily requiring re-training or tuning for new tasks. The system is developed to predict someone's proficiency level on the CEFR scale, which allows learners to point to a specific standard of achievement. We furthermore integrate our model into Cambridge English Write & Improve™--a freely available, cloud-based tool that automatically provides diagnostic feedback to non-native English language learners at different levels of granularity--and examine its use. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1179708 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0895-7347 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/08957347.2018.1464447 |