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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819083203321

Titolo

Learner corpora in language testing and assessment / / edited by Marcus Callies, University of Bremen, Sandra Götz, Justus Liebig University, Giessen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6870-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL), , 1388-0373 ; ; Volume 70

Disciplina

418.0076

Soggetti

Language and languages - Ability testing - Data processing

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Data processing

Electronic data processing

Information storage and retrieval systems

Punched card systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Learner corpora in language testing and assessment: Prospects and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Section I. New corpus resources, tools and methods; The Marburg Corpus of Intermediate  Learner English (MILE); 1. Introduction; 2. Learner corpora in the light of the CEFR; 2.1 The raw data; 2.2 The annotation; 3. MILE - design and compilation; 4. Conclusion; References; Avalingua: Natural language processing for automatic  error detection; 1. Introduction

2. Automatic error detection and correction2.1 Previous research; 2.2 Applications; 3. Avalingua; 3.1 Target; 3.2 Motivations; 3.3 The system; 3.3.1 Lexical module; 3.3.2 Spelling module; 3.3.3 Syntactic module; 3.3.4 Language identification; 3.3.5 Student model; 4. System evaluation; 4.1 A specific implementation; 4.2 The learner corpora; 4.3 Evaluation protocol; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Error analysis and discussion; 5. Conclusions; References; Data commentary in science writing: Using a



small, specialized corpus for formative assessment practices; 1. Background and aims

2. Approaching data commentary from a pedagogical perspective:  The case for small, specialized corpora annotated for discourse movesin the ESP classroom3. A small, specialized corpus of data commentaries; 4. The discourse annotation model; 5. Self-assessment and the role of the corpus; 5.1 Towards corpus-informed formative self-assessment activities; 5.1.1 Teacher-designed activities on moves in data commentaries; 5.1.2 Teacher-designed peer-assessment activities of master's thesis  corpus data; 5.1.3 Teacher- and student-initiated activities involving students'  own writing

6. Final remarks and outlookAcknowledgement; References; First steps in assigning proficiency to texts in a learner corpus of computer-mediated communication; 1. Introduction; 2. The CMC Learner Corpus; 2.1 CMC in the classroom; 2.2 The CMC corpora; 3. Criteria for assigning proficiency; 3.1 Following established practice; 3.2 Practicality and ease of implementation; 3.3 Reference native-speaker norms; 4. Method; 4.1 Performance decision trees; 4.2 Sequence of PDTs; 4.3 PDT for accuracy; 4.4 PDT for fluency; 4.5 PDT for complexity; 5. Results; 5.1 Preliminary results of proficiency ratings

5.2 Descriptive statistics5.3 Vocabulary level; 6. Discussion; 6.1 Validity of the proficiency measurement tool; 6.2 PDT proficiency levels and institutional status; 6.3 PDT proficiency levels and individual variation; 6.4 Limitations of the proposed measurement tool; 7. Conclusion; References; Appendix; Section II. Data-driven approaches to the assessment  of proficiency; The English Vocabulary Profile as a benchmark for assigning levels to learner corpus data ; 1. Introduction; 2. Developmental indices and language proficiency; 3. The CEFR and reference level descriptions

4. The English Profile and criterial features



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963660703321

Autore

Schleifer Ronald

Titolo

Modernism and time : the logic of abundance in literature, science, and culture, 1880-1930 / / Ronald Schleifer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11806-9

1-280-15895-6

0-511-11798-1

0-511-01803-7

0-511-15429-1

0-511-48529-8

0-511-30364-5

0-511-04867-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

809/.9112

Soggetti

Modernism (Literature)

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - 19th century - History and criticism

Consumption (Economics) - History - 20th century

Consumption (Economics) - History - 19th century

Civilization, Modern - 20th century

Civilization, Modern - 19th century

Literature and history

Literature and science

Time in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Post-Enlightenment Modernism and the experience of time -- ; pt. I. Post-Enlightenment Apprehensions. ; 1. The Enlightenment, abundance, and postmodernity. ; 2. Temporal allegories: George Eliot, Walter Benjamin, and the redemption of time. ; 3. The second Industrial Revolution: history, knowledge, and



subjectivity -- ; pt. II. Logics of Abundance. ; 4. The natural history of time: mathematics and meaning in Einstein and Russell. ; 5. Analogy and example: Heisenberg, linguistic negation, and the language of quantum physics. ; 6. The global aesthetics of genre: Mikhail Bakhtin and the borders of modernity.

Sommario/riassunto

In Modernism and Time, Ronald Schleifer analyses the transition from the Enlightenment to post-Enlightenment ways of understanding in Western thought. Schleifer argues that this transition in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century expresses itself centrally in an altered conception of temporality. He examines this period's remarkable breaks with the past in literature, music, and the arts more generally. Whereas Enlightenment thought sees time as a homogenous, neutral medium, in which events and actions take place, post-Enlightenment thought sees time as discontinuous and inexorably bound up with both the subjects and events that seem to inhabit it. This fundamental change of perception, Schleifer argues, takes place across disciplines as varied as physics, economics and philosophy. Schleifer's study engages with the work of writers and thinkers as varied as George Eliot, Walter Benjamin, Einstein and Russell, and offers a powerful reassessment of the politics and culture of modernism.