alternative assessment approaches received considerable attention soon after a discontent with traditional, one-shot testing. these approaches, however, have been used only to improve learners’ linguistic ability despite communicative models of language which pointed that knowledge of language also involves pragmatic ability (bachman, 1990; bachman & palmer, 1996). the present study tries t...

This book is a collective endeavor of exploring the role of technology in interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) research, instruction, and assessment. It starts with an introduction (Chapter 1) and ends with a commentary and a prologue, both of which envision future directions of using technology in the field of ILP. The included studies are divided into two parts: Part I (Chapters 2 to 6) which addre...

The aim of our paper is to obtain efficient solutions the interval multi-objective linear programming (IMOLP) models. In this paper, we propose a new method determine in IMOLP models by using expected value and variance operators (EVV operators). First, define concepts value, variance, uncertainty distributions, present some properties EVV operators. Then, introduce model under these An consist...

Neural networks and inductive logic programming (ILP) have been compared to linear regression for modelling the QSAR of the inhibition of E. coli dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) by 2,4-diamino-5-(substituted benzyl)pyrimidines, and, in the subsequent paper [Hirst, J.D., King, R.D. and Sternberg, M.J.E. J. Comput.-Aided Mol. Design, 8 (1994) 421], the inhibition of rodent DHFR by 2,4-diamino-6,6-...

originating from vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, dynamic assessment (da) proposes a novel approach to second language acquisition (sla) research according to which a dialectical relationship is envisaged between instruction and assessment. although da has been applied to some areas of sla, there are areas, such as interlanguage pragmatics (ilp), that have been neglected.  to address the issue,...

Originating from Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, dynamic assessment (DA) proposes a novel approach to second language acquisition (SLA) research according to which a dialectical relationship is envisaged between instruction and assessment. Although DA has been applied to some areas of SLA, there are areas, such as interlanguage pragmatics (ILP), that have been neglected.  To address the issue,...