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Towards an Automated Scoring Model of Spoken English Language Proficiency

Project overview

Funded by: Interdisciplinary Research Pump-priming Fund, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ

The primary goal of this project is to explore an automated scoring model for the evaluation of student’s English language proficiency, focusing on spoken language proficiency. https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/RIS/SitePages/Interdisciplinary-Research-Pump-Priming-Fund.aspx

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Ying Zheng PhD

Professor
Research interests
  • Psychometrics and test validation; Human scoring vs. machine scoring; Statistics in applied l…
  • Mandarin exams in the UK school system, including A-Level and GCSE exams; Mandarin Chinese te…
  • Learner motivation and language teaching pedagogy; ESL/EFL learner characteristics and test p…
Connect with Ying

Email: Ying.Zheng@soton.ac.uk

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