Hello all
I'm researching how examiners make decisions in language tests. If you're interested in this and can spare about 60 minutes please get in touch.
The only criteria are:
- native English speaker
- age 18+
What you have to do:
- listen to recordings of people speaking in tests and give them a score
- talk about how you decided to give your scores
Thanks
Tom
Language test examiners usually have years of training and experience as language teachers, they will probably have received training on the specific test they are assessing, and they will almost certainly be basing their judgements on a comprehensive set of written criteria. In order to research how these people make decisions in language tests, you are planning to get random individuals with no training or experience to score speaking tests. Interesting.
Thank you for the intelligent and well informed response AislingB. I am aware of how language rating operates, I'm a researcher in this area. One purpose of my research is to ascertain precisely how experience and training inform rating decisions. That is the reason I am trying to recruit novice raters.
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