Automated Speaking Assessment

Using Language Technologies to Score Spontaneous Speech
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-05686-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment at ETS

Automated Speaking Assessment: Using Language Technologies to Score Spontaneous Speech provides a thorough overview of state-of-the-art automated speech scoring technology as it is currently used at Educational Testing Service (ETS). Its main focus is related to the automated scoring of spontaneous speech elicited by TOEFL iBT Speaking section items, but other applications of speech scoring, such as for more predictable spoken responses or responses provided in a dialogic setting, are also discussed. The book begins with an in-depth overview of the nascent field of automated speech scoring—its history, applications, and challenges—followed by a discussion of psychometric considerations for automated speech scoring. The second and third parts discuss the integral main components of an automated speech scoring system as well as the different types of automatically generated measures extracted by the system features related to evaluate the speaking construct of communicative competence as measured defined by the TOEFL iBT Speaking assessment. Finally, the last part of the book touches on more recent developments, such as providing more detailed feedback on test takers’ spoken responses using speech features and scoring of dialogic speech. It concludes with a discussion, summary, and outlook on future developments in this area. Written with minimal technical details for the benefit of non-experts, this book is an ideal resource for graduate students in courses on Language Testing and Assessment as well as teachers and researchers in applied linguistics.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zechner, Klaus

Evanini, Keelan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Series Editors’ Foreword

Acknowledgments

List of Tables and Figures

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: Overview of Automated Speech Scoring

Keelan Evanini and Klaus Zechner

Chapter 2: Validity Considerations for Using Automated Scoring in Speaking Assessment

Mo Zhang, Brent Bridgeman, and Larry Davis

Chapter 3: Assessing Scoring Accuracy and Assessment Accuracy for Spoken Responses Using Human and Machine Scores

Mo Zhang, Lili Yao, Shelby J. Haberman, and Neil J. Dorans



Part II: Components of an Automated Speech Scoring System

Chapter 4: Automatic Speech Recognition for Automated Speech Scoring

Yao Qian, Patrick Lange, and Keelan Evanini

Chapter 5: Scoring and Filtering Models for Automated Speech Scoring

Anastassia Loukina and Su-Youn Yoon



Part III: Speech Features

Introduction to Part III

Klaus Zechner

Chapter 6: Features Measuring Fluency and Pronunciation

Ching-Ni Hsieh, Klaus Zechner, and Xiaoming Xi

Chapter 7: Features Measuring Vocabulary and Grammar

Su-Youn Yoon, Xiaofei Lu, and Klaus Zechner

Chapter 8: Features Measuring Content and Discourse Coherence

Xinhao Wang and Keelan Evanini



Part IV: Recent Developments and Outlook

Chapter 9: Providing SpeechRater Feature Performance as Feedback on Spoken Responses

Lin Gu and Larry Davis

Chapter 10: Beyond Monologues: Automated Processing of Conversational Speech

Vikram Ramanarayanan, Keelan Evanini, and Eugene Tsuprun

Chapter 11: Summary and Outlook on Automated Speech Scoring

Klaus Zechner

Appendix

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Klaus Zechner is a Senior Research Scientist at the Educational Testing Service and leads a team of speech scientists within the NLP & Speech group in the R&D division.

Keelan Evanini (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is a Research Director at the Educational Testing Service.