Automatic Question Generation for Language Testing

ISBN-13: 9783847345398 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str.

Ayako Hoshino

Opis

Automatic question generation is a novel technology that allows the user to turn any text into a language test. Being one of the pioneering researcher on this subject, Ayako Hoshino offers a design and technological details of the innovating system called Sakumon. The book also includes a survey of recent studies on educational application of natural language processing, and a comprehensive summary of the recent advancement of automatic question generation for grammar and vocabulary testing. This book is recommended to all language teachers and learners who are interested in automatic question generation, as well as a information scientists who are interested in the research on a similar topic.

O autorze

Ayako Hoshino earned BA, MS and PhD degrees from the University of Tokyo in 2003, 2006, and 2009, respectively. She has also studied at the University of Edinburgh, where she received an MSc degree in 2004. She currently works at the NEC Information and Media Processing Laboratories, Japan