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Using Trialogues to Measure English Language Skills

We explored the use of technology-assisted, trialogue-based tasks to measure the English language proficiency of students learning English as a second or foreign language. A presumed benefit of the system for language assessment is its suitability for use in scenario-based tasks that integrate multiple language skills. This integration allows test developers to simulate real-life language use s...

A Trialogue-Based Spoken Dialogue System for Assessment of English Language Learners

Current automated assessment techniques for English language learners evaluate comprehension and synthesis skills via written text or one-turn spoken responses, measuring essential skills needed for academic and professional environments. However, as these current tests do not include dialogue-based components, they cannot provide insight into the conversational competence of the testtaker. Thi...

Mind and Life, Religion and Science: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Buddhism-Christianity-Science Trialogue

Performance of a trialogue-based prototype system for English language assessment for young learners

This paper describes a trialogue-based system for assessing the spoken language abilities of young learners of English. Specifically, the system employs spoken dialogue system components in interactive, conversation-based assessment tasks involving the test taker and two virtual interlocutors. The tasks are designed to be engaging for young learners of English at the elementary school level by ...

Finding Legitimacy for Case Study Knowledge: Introduction to a Trialogue in 4 Rounds

With renewed interest in and support of the scholarly, theoretical, practical, and clinical value of case study knowledge (as illustrated in a wealth of recent writings reflecting a wide diversity of conceptual perspectives), questions have arisen as to the proper epistemology for philosophically grounding such knowledge. For example, how scientifically objective is casebased knowledge, how gen...