Open-source English ability test with automatic grading of speaking and writing

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The main research achievement of 2022 was to investigate how recently two released AI tools could be incorporated into the Essay (auto-grade) and Speech (auto-grade) plugins. In particular, the I investigated how the ChatGPT engine could be use to provide immediate and personalized feedback to students' written and spoken English. The engine can be prompted to give both formative feedback, in the form of suggestions to improve submitted work, and summative feedback, in the form of a grade and written comments.A prototype page that provides this feedback was created and trialled on students at the researcher's university. Based on the feedback from this trial, the auto-grade plugins can updated and included in the Moodle site that will host the 4-skills test.