Computer-assisted item generation for listening cloze tests and dictation practice in english

Authors:
Shang-Ming Huang;Chao-Lin Liu;Zhao-Ming Gao
Affiliations:
Dept. of Computer Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan;Dept. of Computer Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan;Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:
ICWL'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Advances in Web-Based Learning
Year:
2005

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Abstract

We take advantages of abundant text resource on the Internet and information about English phonetics for assisting human teachers to prepare test items for listening and dictation in English. In this preliminary exploration, we built an environment in which teachers choose words that they want to have test items for, and teachers compose the final test items based on the test items that are algorithmically generated by our system. The output of the current system indicates that computers can play active roles in assisting the composition of test items, though we have not done a field test over the usability issues.