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Overcoming Gender Bias in Oral Testing: The Effect of Introducing Candidates.
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Ferguson, Bonnie – System, 1994
Examined the effect of gender on English language teachers' evaluations of audiotapes of Japanese students' spoken English. The results showed a slight pro-male bias when the speakers were introduced as students but none when the speakers were introduced as doctors or experts in their field. Teacher gender was found to have no effect on the rating…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers