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Use of Corpora in Language Testing
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| Author: | Fiona Barker | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Text/Corpus Linguistics
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| Summary: |
Regarding query: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2832.html#2
Dear list members Further to my recent posting to this and other discussion lists I have received a number of responses on corpora and language testing, summarised below: 1) Eric Atwell (Leeds University) directed me to several papers related to corpora and language testing in the ICAME Journal, published by the International Computer Archive of Modern and medieval English. Danny Minn, Hiroshi Sano, Marie Ino and Takahiro Nakamura. 2005. Using the BNC to create and develop educational materials and a website for learners of English. vol.29 pp.99-115 Emi Izumi, Kiyotaka Uchimoto and Hitoshi Isahara. 2004. SST speech corpus of Japanese learners' English and automatic detection of learners' errors. vol.28 pp.31-48 Eric Atwell, Peter Howarth and Clive Souter. 2003. The ISLE Corpus: Italian and German Spoken Learners' English. vol.27 pp.5-18 Norma A. Pravec. 2002. Survey of learner corpora. vol.26 pp.81-114 2) Ana Frankenberg-Garcia (Lisbon) mentioned her article: Frankenberg-Garcia, A. (2005) ''Pedagogical uses of Monolingual and Parallel Concordances'' ELT Journal 59/3, June 2005, pp 189-198. PDF 3) Chantal Enguehard (Nantes) directed me to her English corpus on metal chemestry (CoRRecT). This is used as a bank test to evaluate systems that recognize terms in texts. http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/info/perso/permanents/enguehard/reche rche/CoRRecT/CoRRecT.htm 4) Minako Yamada (Japan) is interested in language assessment from the perspective of sociocultural theory and directed me to her study: Yamada, Minako (2005). Task proficiency and L1 private speech. IRAL, 43, 81-108. Task proficiency and L1 private speech (link via Extenza) 5) DJ Hatch (Belgrade) provided a reference and is currently looking at the relationship between the use of corpora based tests and teaching via 'authentic' (or 'natural language') materials. Alderson, J.C. (1996). Do corpora have a role in language assessment? In J.A. Thomas & M.H.Short (Eds.), Using corpora for language research (pp.248-59). London: Longman. You can also read a couple of short articles I have written on this subject: Ball, F. (2001). Using corpora in language testing. Research Notes 6, 6-8, http://www.cambridgeesol.org/rs_notes/rs_nts6.pdf Barker, F. (2004). Using corpora in language testing. Modern English Teacher, 13(2), 63-67. I would like to thank everyone who responded to my query and would welcome any further information on past, present and future uses of corpora in language assessment/testing. Best wishes Fiona Barker Dr Fiona Barker Validation Officer Cambridge ESOL 1 Hills Road Cambridge CB6 1EU UK Tel. +44 1223 553806 Fax. +44 1223 553083 e-mail: barker.f@cambridgeassessment.org.uk www.CambridgeESOL.org |
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| LL Issue: | 16.3644 | |
| Date Posted: | 21-Dec-2005 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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