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Abstract
This article presents an online tool developed by the DigiTala research project in 2022. The tool is the first one to provide comprehensive automated assessment of spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish speech. The Moodle-based tool records and analyzes L2 learners’ speech automatically and provides holistic as well as analytic feedback to learners. In addition to self-regulated learning purposes, the tool can be used to support human assessment in high-stakes tests and language courses. We discuss the benefits and weaknesses of the tool and automated speaking assessment in general from the perspectives of low-resourced languages as well as developers and users.
| Translated title of the contribution | DigiTala – An online tool for automated assessment of oral language skills |
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| Original language | Finnish |
| Journal | AFinLA-teema |
| Issue number | 17 |
| Pages (from-to) | 91-116 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| ISSN | 2814-6298 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 May 2024 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- 6161 Phonetics
- 6121 Languages
- 222 Other engineering and technologies
- 113 Computer and information sciences
Projects
- 1 Finished
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DigiTala: DigiTala - Digital support for training and assessing second language speaking
Hilden, R. (Project manager), Hilden, R. (Principal Investigator), Kurimo, M. (Principal Investigator), Kuronen, M. (Principal Investigator), Heijala, M. (Participant), Huhta, A. (Participant), Lehtovuori, K. M. R. (Participant), von Zansen, A. K. (Participant), von Zansen, A. K. (Participant) & Laihanen, E. A. (Other)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project