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  • Automated Writing Evaluation A Case of College Learners’ Perceived Ef-fects in Taiwan   [CCE 2013]
  • Author(s)
  • Bin-Bin Yu
  • ABSTRACT
  • Theimplementationof automated writing evaluation(AWE) softwareis to facilitate students’ writing developmentwith immediate computer-generated scores and diagnostic feedbackand to reduce instructors’heavyworkload.Learners’perceived effects ofusingAWE programs varied in the previous studies conducted in Taiwan due totheirlanguage proficiencylevel.The primary objective of the presentstudy is then to investigate how the implementation of the AWE program,Criterion, is perceived by college students with lower English language proficiency. Thisresearchwasdesigned as a case study. A total of 44 students enrolled in the evening session of the Applied Foreign Languages department at ascience and technologyuniversity in Taiwan participatedin the investigation.Two questionnaire surveys were conducted in this yearlong study. Initial survey results show that the majority ofthe learners held positive attitudes towards the use ofCriterionboth as anessay graderand as awriting assistance tool. Improved writing ability and increased learner motivation also indicate thatAWEsoftware can be a useful support insecond/foreign languagewriting pedagogy.
  • KEYWORDS
  • Automated Writing Evaluation;, Automated Essay Scoring; Writing Assessment; Essay Grader; e-rater
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