On October 23, Tencent Education and its parent company Jfa Education held a press conference in Chongqing under the theme of "Subversion · innovation" to officially launch a new generation of intelligent English listening and speaking test system. The new system integrates Tencent artificial intelligence voice and face recognition technology, and puts forward digital upgrade scheme for traditional listening and speaking examination with new information scene and intelligent terminal equipment. Wang Fu, President of China Educational Equipment Industry Association, Zhong Xiaoliu, Vice President of China Educational Technology Association, Li Na, Secretary-General of Foreign Language Teaching Committee of China Education Society, Later General manager of Tencent Intelligent Platform, Lin Binghuai, Tencent Expert Researcher, Yuan Bin, Chairman of Jaffa Education, Ling Yun, Vice general manager of Jaffa Education, Yang Bo, General Manager of Jaffa Network, Ma Heming, Vice General Manager of Jaffa Network, Haoxue.com Zhao Yahao, marketing director and other guests attended the press conference, and carried out the new product launch and discussion on the intelligent examination system.
New generation of English listening and speaking intelligent test system released site
The current examination mode cost, fairness two problems to be solved intelligent system to help solve the industry pain points
In recent years, it has become more and more important to cultivate students' comprehensive English quality and solve the problem of "dumb English". In 2019, the Ministry of Education pointed out in the Outline of the National Unified Examination for College Enrollment that "students are required to be able to speak according to the prompts". Not only in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but also in more and more areas, listening and speaking English has been included in the examination scope.
However, limited by objective conditions, there are still many problems in the present form of listening and speaking examination. For example, the high cost caused by the purchase of equipment such as computers, noise-cancelling headphones and lifting tables, as well as the construction of special examination rooms, as well as the forced examination system of batch and multiple sets of examination papers, also bring some concerns about the fairness of the examination to a certain extent. In addition, because I heard that the equipment is used repeatedly in multiple batches, there is also a high failure rate and exam security and other hidden dangers.
The new generation of English listening and speaking intelligent test system released this time is just an innovative solution to the existing pain points. Tencent Education, together with Jfa Education, which has been deeply engaged in the field of K12 education for many years, has applied its own technology and AI technology advantages in the field of English education in depth, and optimized the existing problems from two aspects of intelligent hardware and intelligent system.
In terms of hardware, the English listening and speaking test is mainly carried out by man-machine dialogue. Schools generally set the examination room in the computer room. Schools without hardware conditions can only organize students to take the exam in other schools, which has high cost and low utilization rate of the examination room. To this end, the new intelligent system launches customized intelligent tablet and intelligent examination headset, replacing the original computer and noise reduction equipment, using intelligent technology to solve the three needs of listening, speaking and watching during the examination process, helping students to take the exam in ordinary classrooms with only one set of new examination equipment. This set of equipment greatly reduces the cost of examination room construction and time cost of candidates.
At the same time, the fairness problem caused by multiple test papers in batches can also be effectively solved by the intelligent central control system in the new product. At present, the system realizes the simultaneous input and output of test data in each test equipment, and realizes the unified management of the content of the test paper. It is the only intelligent system in the market that can manage test data and test equipment at the same time. In addition, the new generation of intelligent system also creates a five-fold security mechanism, the hardware system used in the exam is uniquely identified and bound, effectively eliminate the risk of illegal equipment and illegal theft of test data. At the same time, the system also applied Tencent AI technology, to achieve face recognition login, admission ticket login dual mode, to prevent the act of exam, cheating.
The application of the new system intelligent equipment, let the traditional listening and speaking test breakthrough to achieve "the same batch, the same test paper", reduce the frequency of using the test room, solve the problem of high failure rate and insufficient security of the equipment in the examination room, and further protect the fairness of the test.
With AI and big data as the technology base, Tencent Education helps the intelligent upgrading of education
In addition to the intelligent listening and speaking test system released this time, in recent years, relying on industry-leading AI technology, Tencent Education is committed to promoting the intelligent, refined and personalized development of education through scientific and technological power. It has landed a number of practical applications in the country, and has received positive responses from teachers, students and parents.
A number of Tencent Education products are equipped with AI applications. Tencent English King, which focuses on K12 English education, uses artificial intelligence technology to develop a phoneme-level pronunciation evaluation function, and makes a "customized version" of the fine, phoneme-level characteristic diagnosis of each student's English pronunciation, so that students can make targeted improvement and teachers can adapt teaching; Penguin Tutoring, which covers all subjects of K12 tutoring, has launched personalized AI learning reports to help users learn scientifically and improve efficiency. Happy Mouse English, which aims at 3-8 year old children's English enlightenment, also uses AI intelligent evaluation technology to help children correct pronunciation and learn pure English.
Science and technology is the driving force and trend of intelligent education development. Wang Fu, president of China Education Equipment Industry Association, spoke highly of the new product, saying that the new generation of English listening and speaking intelligent test system creatively realizes the integration of education and technology, software and hardware integration, management and application integration, solves many problems in the current English listening and speaking test, ensures the fairness of the test, and provides equipment and technical support for the quality of education and teaching. Tencent said that in the future, Tencent Education will also continue to make efforts in education technology, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies in a more comprehensive education scene.
