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We've been using our Tandberg lab for speaking tests right from the start
(literally--the installation deadline was a SPEAK test). This is the system
now sold by Sanako, consisting of instructor software called ICM and student
software called Divace; it's expensive and includes some proprietary
hardware as well as the software. We have been really happy with it, though,
and in particular for testing.
The great thing is that it will automatically collect the student speech as
mpg files, which can be burned onto a CD and reviewed by the instructor.
Since saving the files correctly is the trickiest part, this saves a lot of
anxiety.
The student files are called Student1, Student2, Student3 etc. so it is
important to have assigned seats and a good record of who is sitting where.
Spoken identification is also a good safeguard.
The test interface wants you to play a question on tape or ask it live and
then pause while students answer. This works for some kinds of testing,
especially if the answers are relatively short (you can stop the recordings
as soon as everyone stops speaking and move on to the next question). Only
the answers are recorded and saved in this mode.
However, you can also "transfer" a cassette tape, media files, CD, etc. with
timed pauses for answers, and collect the resultant recordings. A third
method is to let the students initiate their own recordings and then collect
them at the end.
We have not only been using this for course testing and the SPEAK test, but
also this past year for the Florida Teachers' Certification Test in Spanish.
I helped work out the protocols.
Judy Shoaf
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