Automaatika referaat (eng)
the system for prior training.
At Educational Testing Service (ETS), research in automated speech scoring has
been conducted since 2002. In 2006 a first speech scoring system, SpeechRaterSM, was
successfully deployed to score the speaking section of TOEFL
Practice Online (TPO)
This is an environment that helps students prepare for the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL). Unlike for the aforementioned predecessors, the goal for
developing SpeechRater is to provide scoring for assessments that cover a wide range of
speaking proficiency (i.e., not only pronunciation) and to elicit spontaneous and natural
speech from the test candidates as opposed to mere reading or repetition (Xi, Higgins,
Zechner, & Williamson,2008; Xi, Zechner, & Bejar, 2006; Zechner & Bejar, 2006;
Zechner, Higgins, Xi & Williamson (in press).
The tasks scored by SpeechRater are modeled on those used in the Speaking
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