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| Presentation | 2016-06-05 09:30 Application of Language Technology to Language Assessment -- Measuring different aspects of language proficiency of Japanese learners of English with different automated tests -- Masanori Suzuki (Pearson), Miwa Morishita (Kobe Gakuin Univ.), Yasunari Harada (Waseda Univ.)  TL2016-9 NLC2016-9 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | Japan is faced with an imminent challenge of cultivating ‘global human resources’, as the whole society develops into a global information society. The course of study defined by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports and Technology (MEXT) has emphasized ‘communication skills’ as a focus of the foreign language subjects (e.g., English) since 1900’s. During the academic year of 2014, an educational reform working group within the Liberal Democratic Party suggested the use of TOEFL as part of university entrance examination procedures. Furthermore, in 2015, MEXT advised the consideration of utilizing existing 4-skills English tests that external test publishers have made available. Pearson offers English tests that are automatically scored. Its spoken English test, Versant English Test, uses speech recognition and processing technologies. Versant Writing Test measures reading and writing skills and is scored automatically by using Latent Semantic Analysis, a natural language processing technique. Approximately 60 first-year students at the undergraduate School of Law at Waseda University took Versant English Test and Versant Writing Test as well as Oxford Placement English Test, a test designed to measure vocabulary, collocation, and grammar through reading-based multiple choice tasks. The present study reports results of analyses of these test scores and estimated CEFR levels, and then investigates challenges that Japanese learners of English and Japan’s English education are facing. | |
| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | language proficiency / automated spoken test / automated writing test, / CEFR / / / / | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 116, no. 77, TL2016-9, pp. 41-46, June 2016. | |
| Paper # | TL2016-9 | |
| Date of Issue | 2016-05-28 (TL, NLC) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Conference Information | |
| Committee | NLC TL |
| Conference Date | 2016-06-04 - 2016-06-05 |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Otaru University of Commerce |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Application of natural language proessing and linguistic analysis, and general topic of NLP |
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| Registration To | TL |
| Conference Code | 2016-06-NLC-TL |
| Language | Japanese |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Application of Language Technology to Language Assessment |
| Sub Title (in English) | Measuring different aspects of language proficiency of Japanese learners of English with different automated tests |
| Keyword(1) | language proficiency |
| Keyword(2) | automated spoken test |
| Keyword(3) | automated writing test, |
| Keyword(4) | CEFR |
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| 1st Author's Name | Masanori Suzuki |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Pearson (Pearson) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Miwa Morishita |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Kobe Gakuin University (Kobe Gakuin Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Yasunari Harada |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Waseda University (Waseda Univ.) |
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| Speaker | Author-3 |
| Date Time | 2016-06-05 09:30:00 |
| Presentation Time | 25 minutes |
| Registration for | TL |
| Paper # | TL2016-9, NLC2016-9 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | no.77(TL), no.78(NLC) |
| Page | pp.41-46 |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-05-28 (TL, NLC) |
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