Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]

Recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure can be harnessed to support and improve the quality of teaching and learning of English writing skills especially for second language context where rule based support is necessary. Essay writing is indeed the most deman...

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Main Authors: Ng, Sing Yii, Bong, Chih How, Lee, Nung Kion, Hong, Kian Sam
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) and I-learn Centre 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16124/
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spelling uitm-161242017-02-16T03:14:19Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16124/ Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.] Ng, Sing Yii Bong, Chih How Lee, Nung Kion Hong, Kian Sam Multilingualism and literature Second language acquisition Malaysia Recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure can be harnessed to support and improve the quality of teaching and learning of English writing skills especially for second language context where rule based support is necessary. Essay writing is indeed the most demanding tasks to both teachers and students. From conducting the class to the assigning of task as well as marking and providing feedback from teachers, whereas from drafting essays to final submission and resubmission of essays by students require on-going iterative cycles to facilitate improvement. However, a common scenario is that the iterative process takes too much time, thus resulting in limited practice. An innovative solution to imitate such process is via the Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF). AESF is a networked tool that has the ability to score and provide feedback to students' essays instantaneously. With the speed that exceeds human ability and accuracy of a human scorer, it is hoped that AESF can increase the frequency of essay writing in the class that eventually results in improvement in students 'performance. This paper aims to highlight the novelty and rationale of having AESF, its design and features as well as how this tool can be blended into the writing classroom, particularly for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) extended essay writing. Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) and I-learn Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16124/1/AJ_SING%20YII%20NG%20IJEL%2016.pdf Ng, Sing Yii and Bong, Chih How and Lee, Nung Kion and Hong, Kian Sam (2016) Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]. International Journal on E-Learning and Higher Education, 4. pp. 130-143. ISSN 1985-8620
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topic Multilingualism and literature
Second language acquisition
Malaysia
spellingShingle Multilingualism and literature
Second language acquisition
Malaysia
Ng, Sing Yii
Bong, Chih How
Lee, Nung Kion
Hong, Kian Sam
Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
description Recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure can be harnessed to support and improve the quality of teaching and learning of English writing skills especially for second language context where rule based support is necessary. Essay writing is indeed the most demanding tasks to both teachers and students. From conducting the class to the assigning of task as well as marking and providing feedback from teachers, whereas from drafting essays to final submission and resubmission of essays by students require on-going iterative cycles to facilitate improvement. However, a common scenario is that the iterative process takes too much time, thus resulting in limited practice. An innovative solution to imitate such process is via the Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF). AESF is a networked tool that has the ability to score and provide feedback to students' essays instantaneously. With the speed that exceeds human ability and accuracy of a human scorer, it is hoped that AESF can increase the frequency of essay writing in the class that eventually results in improvement in students 'performance. This paper aims to highlight the novelty and rationale of having AESF, its design and features as well as how this tool can be blended into the writing classroom, particularly for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) extended essay writing.
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author Ng, Sing Yii
Bong, Chih How
Lee, Nung Kion
Hong, Kian Sam
author_facet Ng, Sing Yii
Bong, Chih How
Lee, Nung Kion
Hong, Kian Sam
author_sort Ng, Sing Yii
title Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
title_short Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
title_full Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
title_fullStr Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Automated Essay Scoring Feedback (AESF): an innovative writing solution to the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) / Sing Yii Ng … [et al.]
title_sort automated essay scoring feedback (aesf): an innovative writing solution to the malaysian university english test (muet) / sing yii ng … [et al.]
publisher Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) and I-learn Centre
publishDate 2016
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16124/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16124/1/AJ_SING%20YII%20NG%20IJEL%2016.pdf
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