TOEFL iBT Speaking Test Scores as Indicators of Oral Communicative Language Proficiency

Autor/inn/en	Bridgeman, Brent; Powers, Donald; Stone, Elizabeth; Mollaun, Pamela
Titel	TOEFL iBT Speaking Test Scores as Indicators of Oral Communicative Language Proficiency
Quelle	In: Language Testing, 29 (2012) 1, S.91-108 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-5322
DOI	10.1177/0265532211411078
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Speech Communication; Rating Scales; Scoring; Communicative Competence (Languages); Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Tests; Oral Language; Multiple Choice Tests; Correlation; Evaluators; Computer Software; Internet; Computer Assisted Testing; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rating-Skala; Bewertung; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language test; Sprachtest; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Korrelation
Abstract	Scores assigned by trained raters and by an automated scoring system (SpeechRater[TM]) on the speaking section of the TOEFL iBT[TM] were validated against a communicative competence criterion. Specifically, a sample of 555 undergraduate students listened to speech samples from 184 examinees who took the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based test (TOEFL iBT). Oral communicative effectiveness was evaluated both by rating scales and by the ability of the undergraduate raters to answer multiple-choice questions that could be answered only if the spoken response was understood. Correlations of these communicative competence indicators from the undergraduate raters with speech scores were substantially higher for the scores provided by the professional TOEFL iBT raters than for the scores provided by SpeechRater. Results suggested that both expert raters and SpeechRater are evaluating aspects of communicative competence, but that SpeechRater fails to measure aspects of the construct that human raters can evaluate. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10