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Direct linkMichael D. Carey; Stefan Szocs – Language Testing, 2024
This controlled experimental study investigated the interaction of variables associated with rating the pronunciation component of high-stakes English-language-speaking tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iBT. One hundred experienced raters who were all either familiar or unfamiliar with Brazilian-accented English or Papua New Guinean Tok Pisin-accented…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Suprasegmentals, Familiarity
Miao, Yongzhi – Language Testing, 2023
Scholars have argued for the inclusion of different spoken varieties of English in high-stakes listening tests to better represent the global use of English. However, doing so may introduce additional construct-irrelevant variance due to accent familiarity and the shared first language (L1) advantage, which could threaten test fairness. However,…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Metalinguistics, Native Language, Intelligibility
