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HomeDEUCE: a system design for evaluating ESL competence tests
Monday, September 26th, 2005, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: George Weir
This talk describes work in progress to apply a Web-based facility for evaluating differing criteria for English language competence. The proposed system, Discriminated Evaluation of User's Competence with English, or DEUCE, addresses the problem of evaluating individual criteria for competence in English as a Second Language (ESL). We describe the rationale, design and application of DEUCE and outline its potential as a discriminator or ESL competence criteria.
About the speaker:
Dr George R S Weir studied Philosophy as an undergraduate at Glasgow University and as a postgraduate at Edinburgh University. He studied BITS at Strathclyde University before becoming a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science. Subsequently appointed as a lecturer in CS.
NOTE: Please register as early as possible so that we may book the most appropriate facility. Send pre-registration requests to: yama@tmd.ac.jp
This special lecture is co-sponsored by the
JALT Pragmatics SIG & the JALT Tokyo Chapter.
Organization: Tokyo Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Tokyo JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen
Venue: International Student Center, Tokyo Medical Dental University
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
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