Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Range

DOI

10.2991/icassr-15.2016.15How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Software RANGE; SPSS 19; TEM-8; TEM-4; reading comprehension; vocabulary

Abstract

This paper analyzes the features of vocabulary use in relation to reading comprehension in Test for English Majors-Band 4 and Band 8 (TEM-4 and TEM-8 hereafter) from 2000 to 2014 by using corpus analysis software RANGE and data analysis software SPSS 19. The vocabulary use features are as follows: (1) pronouns, conjunctions and propositions are used more frequently than other word categories, such as modal auxiliaries; (2) there is a significant difference between conjunctions, modal auxiliaries and notional verbs between TEM-4 and TEM-8; (3) the topic scope of reading comprehension in TEM-8 is much wider than in TEM-4.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ying Shen
AU  - Kai Li
AU  - Ting Guo
PY  - 2016/08
DA  - 2016/08
TI  - Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Range
BT  - Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Applied Social Science Research
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 51
EP  - 55
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassr-15.2016.15
DO  - 10.2991/icassr-15.2016.15
ID  - Shen2016/08
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