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Direct linkConiam, David – ReCALL, 2009
This paper describes a study of the computer essay-scoring program BETSY. While the use of computers in rating written scripts has been criticised in some quarters for lacking transparency or lack of fit with how human raters rate written scripts, a number of essay rating programs are available commercially, many of which claim to offer comparable…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Scoring, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability
Coniam, David – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2004
This paper describes a series of awareness-raising activities for English language secondary school teachers-in-training -- with a view to evaluating future, that is, "intelligent", CALL for English language teaching. The paper first puts the development of CALL applications into perspective (after Atwell, 1999; Warschauer and Healey,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedConiam, David – Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Examines the process of developing an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) cloze test by computer based on a language corpus. Two such tests developed and pilot-tested in Hong Kong were found to have test items that were not as good as they would have been if designed by a competent human, but better than expected. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation
