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Towards Self-Referential Analytic Assessment: A Profile-Based Approach to L2 Writing Evaluation with LLMs
Stefano Bannò, Kate Knill, Mark Gales
Automated essay scoring (AES) research often relies on rank-based correlation metrics to validate analytic assessment. However, such metrics obscure both intrinsic intercorrelation…
Exploiting the English Grammar Profile for L2 grammatical analysis with LLMs
Stefano Bannò, Penny Karanasou, Kate Knill +1
Evaluating the grammatical competence of second language (L2) learners is essential both for providing targeted feedback and for assessing proficiency. To achieve this, we propose…
Opportunities and Challenges of LLMs in Education: An NLP Perspective
Sowmya Vajjala, Bashar Alhafni, Stefano Bannò +3
Interest in the role of large language models (LLMs) in education is increasing, considering the new opportunities they offer for teaching, learning, and assessment. In this paper,…
Data Augmentation for Spoken Grammatical Error Correction
Penny Karanasou, Mengjie Qian, Stefano Bannò +2
While there exist strong benchmark datasets for grammatical error correction (GEC), high-quality annotated spoken datasets for Spoken GEC (SGEC) are still under-resourced. In this…
End-to-End Spoken Grammatical Error Correction
Mengjie Qian, Rao Ma, Stefano Bannò +2
Grammatical Error Correction (GEC) and feedback play a vital role in supporting second language (L2) learners, educators, and examiners. While written GEC is well-established, spok…
Exploiting the English Vocabulary Profile for L2 word-level vocabulary assessment with LLMs
Stefano Bannò, Kate Knill, Mark Gales
Vocabulary use is a fundamental aspect of second language (L2) proficiency. To date, its assessment by automated systems has typically examined the context-independent, or part-of-…