The Utility of Objective (Computer) Measures of the Fluency of Speakers of English as a Second Language.

Rekhart, Deborah; Dunkel, Patricia

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Utility of Objective (Computer) Measures of the Fluency of Speakers of English as a Second Language.

Rekhart, Deborah; Dunkel, Patricia

Applied Language Learning, v3 n1-2 p65-85 1992

The speech of a sample of Chinese and Korean nonnative speakers of English (n=30) was evaluated by raters of the Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit (SPEAK) for a degree of fluency and by a computerized silent-pause-detection program. (35 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Language Fluency, Scores, Speech Communication, Statistical Analysis

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Language: English

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