Testing oral proficiency is an important but challenging part of foreign language assessment: currently accepted methods are time-consuming and expensive. Our recent efforts have led to the implementation of new assessment methods for English (Graham et al. 2008), Japanese, and Spanish. We… read more
Eugene Casimir Chirouse fue misionero Oblato francés que trabajó intensamente con las tribus salish de la parte del noroeste de los EEUU y del suroeste de Canadá (Mary Louise 1932). Pasó varios anõs entre los indios en Tulalip (estado de Washington), hablantes de lushootseed y de otras lenguas de… read more
In this paper we discuss methodological issues pertaining to cognitive modeling of simultaneous interpretation. We briefly introduce the notion of cognition and efforts to model aspects of language-related processing. Previous work identifying cognitive processes in SI is sampled, and empirical SI… read more
This paper presents an overview of a cognitive modeling approach to the study of simultaneous interpretation. It discusses current work in adapting an established cognitive modeling system to permit study of lower-level cognition in interpretation. A sketch is given of the basic cognitive… read more