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Investigating Native and Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher Raters' Judgements of Oral Proficiency in the College English Test-Spoken English Test (CET-SET)
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Zhang, Ying; Elder, Catherine – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2014
This study investigates the impact of raters' language background on their judgements of the speaking performance in the College English Test-Spoken English Test (CET-SET) of China, by comparing the rating patterns of non-native English-speaking (NNES) teacher raters, who are currently employed to assess performance on the CET-SET, with those of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Native Speakers, English
Judgments of Oral Proficiency by Non-Native and Native English Speaking Teacher Raters: Competing or Complementary Constructs?
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Zhang, Ying; Elder, Catherine – Language Testing, 2011
This paper reports the findings of an empirical study on ESL/EFL teachers' evaluation and interpretation of oral English proficiency as elicited by the national College English Test-Spoken English Test (CET-SET) of China. Informed by debates on the issue of native speaker (NS) norms which have become the focus of attention in recent years, this…
Descriptors: Language Tests, College English, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers