Accent and the Evaluation of ESL Oral Proficiency. Occasional Papers on Linguistics, No. 1 [electronic resource] / Donn R. Callaway.

A study was carried out to ascertain whether language instructors or naive judges were more reliable in judging oral proficiency. Fifteen students were chosen from the ESL (English as a second language) center at Southern Illinois University to record a tape while reading passages in English. The ta...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Callaway, Donn R.
Corporate Author:	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Department of Linguistics
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Communicative Competence (Languages) English (Second Language) Evaluation Methods. Language Proficiency. Linguistic Competence. Linguistic Performance. Oral English. Oral Reading. Rating Scales. Reliability. Second Language Learning. Speech Communication.