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ATLAS: An Adaptive Model for Measuring Language Proficiency.
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Schonenberg, Nancy; And Others – CALICO Journal, 1993
By order of the Civil Service Commission of Belgium, Didascalia, the University of Antwerp developed an adaptive system for evaluating second-language proficiency. A computer model based on probability and information theory was developed; the first module of the ATLAS test currently assesses approximately 15,000 civil servants yearly. (one…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees
Verbochip: Extending External Versatility to the Contextual Use of English Tenses.
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Van Elsen, Edwig; And Others – CALICO Journal, 1993
Didascalia, a Belgian research group, has developed Verbochip, a computer program dealing with the formation and contextual uses of English tenses, based on the principle of external versatility. The content base includes various fields with information that allows the content to be implemented in a selection system that fits the user's own…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English, Foreign Countries, Language Research