Relating PhonePass overall scores to the Council of Europe Framework level descriptors
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This study is a preliminary report on an experiment relating PhonePass SET-10 scores to the scale of level descriptors in the Council of Europe Framework. This scale describes the content and level of second language proficiency from a functional communicative perspective. Speech samples from 121 non-native speakers of English were: (1) scored in SET-10, the automatic test of spoken English, and (2) rated under the European Framework through the conciliation of three independent raters. Rater reliability in using the Council of Europe scale and the comparability of the human and automatic measures are reported.
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