• International Journal of Contents
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2009

This paper describes ongoing work on the correction of adverb errors committed by Korean learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL), using an automated English writing assessment system. Adverb errors are commonly found in learners 'writings, but handling those errors rarely draws an attention in natural language processing due to complicated characteristics of adverb. To correctly detect the errors, adverbs are classified according to their grammatical functions, meanings and positions within a sentence. Adverb errors are collected from learners' sentences, and classified into five categories adopting a traditional error analysis. The error classification in conjunction with the adverb categorization is implemented into a set of mal-rules which automatically identifies the errors. When an error is detected, the system corrects the error and suggests error specific feedback. The feedback includes the types of errors, a corrected string of the error and a brief description of the error. This attempt suggests how to improve adverb error correction method as well as to provide richer diagnostic feedback to the learners.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.71-94
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• 2011

How can an automated essay scoring (AES) program, which provides feedback for essays, be a formative tool for improving ESL writing? In spite of the increasing demands for English writing proficiency, English writing instruction has not been effective for teaching and learning because of a lack of timely and accurate feedback. In this context, AES as a possible solution has been gaining the attention of educators and scholars in ESL/EFL writing education because it can provide consistent and prompt feedback for student writers. This experimental study examined the impact of different types of feedback for a college ESL writing program using the Criterion AES system. The results reveal the positive impact of AES in a college-level ESL course and differences between the teacher's feedback and the AES feedback. The findings suggest that AES can be effectively integrated into ESL writing instruction as a formative assessment tool.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권9호
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• pp.1124-1132
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• 2015

일반적으로, 교사 학습 알고리즘이 적절히 학습되기 위해서는 레이블의 편향이 없는 충분한 양의 학습데이터가 필요하다. 그러나 영작문 자동채점 시스템 개발을 위한 충분하고 편향되지 않은 학습데이터를 수집하는 것은 어려운 일이다. 또한 영어 작문 평가의 경우, 전체적인 답안 수준에 대한 다면적인 평가가 이루어진다. 적고 편향되기 쉬운 학습데이터와 이를 이용한 여러 평가영역에 대한 학습모델을 생성해야하기 때문에, 이를 위한 적절한 기계학습 알고리즘을 결정하기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 앙상블학습을 통해 완화할 수 있음을 실험에 통해 보이고자 한다. 실제 중, 고등학교 학생들을 대상으로 시행된 단문형 영작문 채점 결과를 학습데이터 개수와 편향성을 조절하여 실험하였다. 학습데이터의 개수 변화와 편향성 변화의 실험 결과, 에이다부스트 알고리즘을 적용한 결과를 투표로 결합한 앙상블 기법이 다른 알고리즘들 보다 전반적으로 더 나은 성능을 나타냄을 실험을 통해 나타내었다.