The Implementation Mechanisms of Adaptive Computerized Assessment of Foreign Language Proficiency

Student: Batanova Anna

Faculty: Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod)

Educational Programme: Business Informatics (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

The modern mechanisms of computerized language control assessment are discussed in the paper. The tools are investigated in the problems of the computer control of language knowledge within the paradigm of bounded rationality. The application founded on the ontology-based model provides a tool to distinguish knowledge from guessing and recognition, consequently it demonstrates if "the actor has knowledge" or "the actor does not have the knowledge." Proposed approach is based on six "thinking hats" of Edward de Bono who described logic of human behavior patterns. The paper describes the research conducting in order to find the minimally necessary number of questions which assists to get the accurate assessment of the English-speaking students’ knowledge.

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