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Bogorevich, Valeriia – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Rater variation in performance assessment can impact test-takers' scores and compromise assessments' fairness and validity (Crooks, Kane, & Cohen, 1996). Rater variation can also undermine a test's validity and fairness; therefore, it is important to investigate raters' scoring patterns in order to inform rater training. Substantial work has…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Familiarity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Neuendorf, Jill A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study of L-2 Russian interlanguage production examined the salience of phonetic, lexical and syntactical features for L-1 listener intelligibility, based on L-2 recitation of written scripts (Part I) and also unrehearsed speech (Part II). Part III of the study investigated strategies used by native-speaking teachers of Russian as a Second…
Descriptors: Syntax, Interlanguage, Second Language Learning, Dictionaries