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Developing Analytic Rating Guides for TOEFL iBT Integrated Speaking Tasks ESL TOEFL iBT

Author(s):
Jamieson, Joan; Poonpon, Kornwipa
Publication Year:
2013
Report Number:
RR-13-13
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
93
Subject/Key Words:
Ability Testing, English as a Second Language (ESL), Formative Assessment, Grammar, Oral Communication, Phonology, Scoring Rubrics, Verbal Reports, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Internet Based Testing (iBT)

Abstract

The rating guides expanded the current scoring scales for the three dimensions of delivery, language use, and topic development, so that key features of increasingly proficient speaking performance were described in more detail. Suggestions for future validation studies are provided in terms of an iterative process of trials and revisions.

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