Exploring the Potential of Conversational AI for Assessing Second Language Oral Proficiency
Abstract Interactional Competence (IC) is an important subcomponent of oral proficiency, but many computer‐mediated oral English assessments fall short in assessing this construct mainly due to technological limitations. Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDSs) have shown promise in assessing L2 oral communication, yet further investigation is needed on their ...
Yasin Karatay, Jing Xu
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Fast Context-Free Grammar Parsing Requires Fast Boolean Matrix Multiplication
Lillian Lee
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Are very large context-free grammars tractable? [PDF]
Pierre Boullier, Benoît Sagot
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Tailored Paths Towards Gender Equality: Insights From South Africa and Australia
ABSTRACT This study examines how context‐specific gender equality policies address disparities by comparing South Africa's equity‐based and Australia's equality‐oriented approaches. Through a comparative lens, it analyses the effectiveness of tailored affirmative action policies, including South Africa's Employment Equity Act and Australia's Workplace ...
Roula Inglesi‐Lotz+9 more
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A Computational Framework to Study Hierarchical Processing in Visual Narratives. [PDF]
Upadhyayula A, Cohn N.
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Weighted and Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars Are Equally Expressive [PDF]
Noah A. Smith, Mark Johnson
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ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges
Abstract This paper presents the findings of an innovative assessment task that required students to use ChatGPT for drafting a policy brief to an Australian Government minister. The study explores how future public policy students perceive ChatGPT's role in both public policy and teaching and assessment.
Daniel Casey
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Observation of cortical state-based learning in infants in a functional near-infrared spectroscopy paradigm. [PDF]
Shukla M, Martinez-Alvarez A, Gervain J.
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Grammar-constrained decoding for structured information extraction with fine-tuned generative models applied to clinical trial abstracts. [PDF]
Schmidt DM, Cimiano P.
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