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From Text to Test, Automatically--An Evaluation of a Computer Cloze-Test Generator.
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Coniam, 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
Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processing as a Discriminator of L2 Listening Performance.
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Tsui, Amy B. M.; Fullilove, John – Applied Linguistics, 1998
This study investigated whether top-down or bottom-up cognitive processing was more important in listening comprehension in large-scale English-as-a-Second-Language tests administered to secondary school students in Hong Kong over a period of seven years. Results suggest that bottom-up processing was more important than top-down processing in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Information Processing