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Despina Papadopoulou; Nikolaos Amvrazis; Gerakini Douka; Alexandros Tantos – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The article introduces triangulation to converge evidence from corpus and experimental data, by means of two case studies in second language (L2) learners of Greek. The first case study investigates the acquisition of gender agreement, while the second probes the development of relative clauses. In both studies, findings from the corpus are tested…
Descriptors: Greek, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hitoshi Nishizawa – Language Testing, 2024
Corpus-based studies have offered the domain definition inference for test developers. Yet, corpus-based studies on temporal fluency measures (e.g., speech rate) have been limited, especially in the context of academic lecture settings. This made it difficult for test developers to sample representative fluency features to create authentic…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
Jiyeo Yun – English Teaching, 2023
Studies on automatic scoring systems in writing assessments have also evaluated the relationship between human and machine scores for the reliability of automated essay scoring systems. This study investigated the magnitudes of indices for inter-rater agreement and discrepancy, especially regarding human and machine scoring, in writing assessment.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Interrater Reliability, Essays, Scoring
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Ahmet Can Uyar; Dilek Büyükahiska – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
This study explores the effectiveness of using ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) language model, as an Automated Essay Scoring (AES) tool for grading English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' essays. The corpus consists of 50 essays representing various types including analysis, compare and contrast, descriptive, narrative, and opinion…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Mingying Zheng – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The digital transformation in educational assessment has led to the proliferation of large-scale data, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance language learning, and testing through machine learning (ML) techniques. Drawing on the extensive data generated by online English language assessments, this dissertation investigates the efficacy…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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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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Qiao Wang; Ralph L. Rose; Ayaka Sugawara; Naho Orita – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2025
VocQGen is an automated tool designed to generate multiple-choice cloze (MCC) questions for vocabulary assessment in second language learning contexts. It leverages several natural language processing (NLP) tools and OpenAI's GPT-4 model to produce MCC items quickly from user-specified word lists. To evaluate its effectiveness, we used the first…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Multiple Choice Tests
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Vandeweerd, Nathan; Housen, Alex; Paquot, Magali – Language Testing, 2023
This study investigates whether re-thinking the separation of lexis and grammar in language testing could lead to more valid inferences about proficiency across modes. As argued by Römer, typical scoring rubrics ignore important information about proficiency encoded at the lexis-grammar interface, in particular how the co-selection of lexical and…
Descriptors: French, Language Tests, Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Ariamanesh, Ali A.; Barati, Hossein; Youhanaee, Manijeh – International TESOL Journal, 2022
The present study investigated the speaking module of TOEFL iBT with an emphasis on the dichotomy of independent and integrated tasks. The potential differences between the two speaking conditions were intended to be explored based on the oral performance elicited from a group of Iranian test takers. To collect the required data, a simulated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
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Kyle, Kristopher; Eguchi, Masaki; Choe, Ann Tai; LaFlair, Geoff – Language Testing, 2022
In the realm of language proficiency assessments, the domain description inference and the extrapolation inference are key components of a validity argument. Biber et al.'s description of the lexicogrammatical features of the spoken and written registers in the T2K-SWAL corpus has served as support for the TOEFL iBT test's domain description and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Written Language, Speech Communication, Inferences
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Xu, Wenwen; Kim, Ji-Hyun – English Teaching, 2023
This study explored the role of written languaging (WL) in response to automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) in L2 accuracy improvement in English classrooms at a university in China. A total of 254 freshmen enrolled in intermediate composition classes participated, and they wrote 4 essays and received AWCF. A half of them engaged in WL…
Descriptors: Grammar, Accuracy, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation
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Egbert, Jesse – Language Testing, 2017
The use of corpora and corpus linguistic methods in language testing research is increasing at an accelerated pace. The growing body of language testing research that uses corpus linguistic data is a testament to their utility in test development and validation. Although there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of using corpus data…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, Best Practices
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Kyle, Kristopher; Choe, Ann Tai; Eguchi, Masaki; LaFlair, Geoff; Ziegler, Nicole – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
A key piece of a validity argument for a language assessment tool is clear overlap between assessment tasks and the target language use (TLU) domain (i.e., the domain description inference). The TOEFL 2000 Spoken and Written Academic Language (T2K-SWAL) corpus, which represents a variety of academic registers and disciplines in traditional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Feifei Han; Zehua Wang – OTESSA Conference Proceedings, 2021
This study compared the effects of teacher feedback (TF) and online automated feedback (AF) on the quality of revision of English writing. It also examined the strengths and weaknesses of the two types of feedback perceived by English language learners (ELLs) as a foreign language (FL). Sixty-eight Chinese students from two English classes…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Vakili, Shokoufeh; Ebadi, Saman – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Theoretically grounded in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of mind, Dynamic Assessment (DA) provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate different aspects of learners' developmental trajectory, including the ways they overcome their errors. As a qualitative inquiry into the nature of errors reflecting learners' development in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
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