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Franco, Horacio; Bratt, Harry; Rossier, Romain; Rao Gadde, Venkata; Shriberg, Elizabeth; Abrash, Victor; Precoda, Kristin – Language Testing, 2010
SRI International's EduSpeak[R] system is a software development toolkit that enables developers of interactive language education software to use state-of-the-art speech recognition and pronunciation scoring technology. Automatic pronunciation scoring allows the computer to provide feedback on the overall quality of pronunciation and to point to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Sentences, Oral Language, Predictor Variables
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Chodorow, Martin; Gamon, Michael; Tetreault, Joel – Language Testing, 2010
In this paper, we describe and evaluate two state-of-the-art systems for identifying and correcting writing errors involving English articles and prepositions. Criterion[superscript SM], developed by Educational Testing Service, and "ESL Assistant", developed by Microsoft Research, both use machine learning techniques to build models of article…
Descriptors: Grammar, Feedback (Response), Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning
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Zheng, Ying; Cheng, Liying – Language Testing, 2008
The purpose of the College English Test (CET) is to examine the English proficiency of undergraduate students in China and ensure that Chinese undergraduates reach the required English levels specified in the National College English Teaching Syllabus (NCETS). In accordance with the courses on the syllabus, the CET consists of three tests: Band 4…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Undergraduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension