作文自动评分是一项使用计算机进行作文评分的新技术；评分过程中计算机作为评分员自主评分，不需要人为干预。
近几年来，研究者们在作文自动评分这一领域的研究热度迅速升温。
Many researchers have been keeping on investigating automated essay scoring for decades.
自动作文评分的标准除内容外，更重要的是语言的运用。
The criteria of automated essay scoring include content and, more importantly, the use of language.
面向大学英语写作教学的自动作文评分要求评分方法具有针对非特定作文题目的通用性。
The automated essay scoring for the teaching of college English writing requires that the scoring method should have the feature of generality, namely, without pertinency of specific subjects.
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