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EFL (English as a foreign language) learners seem destined to make errors and continuously need testing of their changing language levels. However, the unbalance between supply and demand always exists in the process of learning English. Teachers sometimes are also tired of doing repetitive jobs to correct the same mistakes of nonnative speakers. Therefore, many researchers tend to improve the efficiency of learning and teaching processes by using computer-assisted instruction. Specifically, artificial intelligence software is an unstoppable trend to solve this problem. This study aims to find which characteristics in IETLS Liulishuo (an artificial English-learning app to improve IELTS performance) are following the elements of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) pedagogy, mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) principles and some concepts of AI-powered foreign language software, as put forward by Chapelle (2003) , Stockwell (2013) and  Pokrivcakova (2019). The results showed that IELTS Liulishuo has affordability to use as an online platform for foreign English learning. More importantly, it shed some light on CALL pedagogy and the design of artificial applications of foreign language learning. 

Keywords: computer-assisted language learning, mobile-assisted language learning, learning English as a foreign language, artificial intelligence, IELTS

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