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Event Representations with Tensor-based Compositions
, 2017 Robust and flexible event representations are important to many core areas in language understanding. Scripts were proposed early on as a way of representing sequences of events for such understanding, and has recently attracted renewed attention ...
Balasubramanian, Niranjan +2 more
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A comparison of cognitive processing during cloze and multiple-choice reading tests using brain activation [PDF]
, 2016 This study compares cognitive processing and cerebral activation during a cloze test to a multiple-choice reading test. Data were obtained through an innovative neuroimaging technique (near-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS) and stimulated recall interviews ...
Ikeda Maiko +5 more
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Hierarchical Quantized Representations for Script Generation
, 2018 Scripts define knowledge about how everyday scenarios (such as going to a restaurant) are expected to unfold. One of the challenges to learning scripts is the hierarchical nature of the knowledge.
Balasubramanian, Niranjan +3 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examined English vocabulary learning by using three types of flashcards: paper flashcards, non‐gamified mobile application (app) flashcards (i.e., digital flashcards), and gamified mobile app flashcards (i.e., gamified flashcards) in a privately owned language institute in Iran.
Ali Soyoof +3 more
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State of the art review : language testing and assessment (part two). [PDF]
, 2002 In Part 1 of this two-part review article (Alderson & Banerjee, 2001), we first addressed issues of washback, ethics, politics and standards. After a discussion of trends in testing on a national level and in testing for specific purposes, we surveyed ...
Alderson, J. Charles, Banerjee, Jayanti
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the types of scaffolding strategies employed by elementary teachers during read aloud sessions, with a specific focus on emergent bilingual students. Through a multi‐site explanatory case study involving 14 elementary teachers across four districts, we analyzed the frequency and quality of scaffold use, categorizing ...
Qingli Lei +2 more
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Does negation influence the choice of sentence continuations? Evidence from a four-choice cloze task. [PDF]
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)Albu E +4 more
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How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Emotion that is implied rather than literally expressed requires the processing of literal and pragmatic information. Processing multiple information types is an easy, fast process in the first language (L1) but can be costlier in a second language (L2), especially when emotional content is involved.
Andrea González‐García Aldariz +2 more
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THE USE OF RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL IN ENGLISH TESTING
Cakrawala Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan, 2019 This study aimed at determining the quality of the English Paper 1 (EP1) items of UPSR trial examination for six graders in terms of its reliability, validity and items characteristics.
Siti Eshah Mokshein +2 more
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Can a Suit of Armor Conduct Electricity? A New Dataset for Open Book Question Answering
, 2018 We present a new kind of question answering dataset, OpenBookQA, modeled after open book exams for assessing human understanding of a subject. The open book that comes with our questions is a set of 1329 elementary level science facts.
Clark, Peter +3 more
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