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Subject: RE: #8394 Scoring speaking tests: software?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:09:00 -0500
From: Waid, Alexander Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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I don't know of any myself, but one of things I do to separate listening
and speaking skills is something I "stole" from the OPI tests: I give
my students a written prompt, make sure they understand it, and let them
take it from there. Some of the prompts are in English, some are in
Spanish and some of the "tests" (they're really assessments just so I
know where the class is, but they don't necessarily know that ;) are
done with me, while others are recorded in our lab.
v/R
Alex
Alexander Waid, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Department of Humanities
United States Coast Guard Academy (dh)
27 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4195
860-701-6866
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Subject: #8394 Scoring speaking tests: software?
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Subject: Scoring speaking tests: software?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:26:13 -0500
From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
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A number of instructors here have constructed elaborate speaking tests
which involve a kind of dialogue between a prerecorded interlocutor and
the student, with timed pauses for the students to respond.
I am trying to discourage this as it is very tricky to construct. Too
long a pause, and the students may wait for their neighbors to answer
and imitate them? Too short, and of course they don't have a chance to
answer properly. It also mixes intensely speaking and listening skills,
so that the student with poor listening skills will have little
opportunity to show off actual speaking skills.
However, given the situation, is there a program (preferably free!) that
will allow the instructors to open an audio file and see the recorded
test so that they can locate precisely the student responses, for ease
in scoring?
Judy Shoaf
University of Florida
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