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Gaillat, Thomas; Simpkin, Andrew; Ballier, Nicolas; Stearns, Bernardo; Sousa, Annanda; Bouyé, Manon; Zarrouk, Manel – ReCALL, 2021
This paper focuses on automatically assessing language proficiency levels according to linguistic complexity in learner English. We implement a supervised learning approach as part of an automatic essay scoring system. The objective is to uncover Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) criterial features in writings by learners…
Descriptors: Prediction, Rating Scales, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Coniam, 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