Bingar: A computer-assisted speaking exam using integrated multimedia

Abstract

Direct speaking exam by one to one interaction between an examiner and an examinee requires a lot of time and efforts. Therefore, a speaking exam needs to be automated. The purpose of this research is to develop a computer assisted (automated) speaking exam called Bingar. This application incorporates multimedia elements, i.e. texts, images, audios, and videos, is developed. Furthermore, it consists of two applications: the exam manager, which facilitates the creation of each exam item, and the exam player, which is used to play the exam items sequentially and record the examinee's answer. Evaluation result shows that the application is ready to use to conduct an automatic speaking exam.