Search for dissertations about: "grading spoken English"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words grading spoken English.

  2. 1. Swedish School-leaving Students' Oral Proficiency in English : Grading of Production and Analysis of Performance

    Author : Stellan Sundh; Merja Kytö; Torsten Lindblad; Sauli Takala; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistics; second language learning; oral testing; rating criteria; oral proficiency; grading spoken English; student production; validity; reliability; 19-year-old Swedish learners; Lingvistik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study deals with the testing and grading of Swedish school leaving students’ oral proficiency in English, and with certain aspects of these students’ linguistic competence. The analyses and results are based on material drawn from an assessment project carried out at Gothenburg University in 1993. READ MORE

  4. 2. Fairest of them all? : Assessment identity development among Swedish student and novice teachers of English as a foreign language

    Author : Anna-Marie Csöregh; Camilla Bardel; Gudrun Erickson; Gustaf Skar; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assessment; language teacher identity; student teachers; teacher beliefs; fairness; accountability; Dialogical Self Theory; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : This thesis explores language students and novice teachers’ assumptions and beliefs about assessment and grading, how they view themselves as assessors, and whether their opinions change over time with increased teaching experience. Besides exploring questions such as how student and novice teachers think about quality assessment, there is the question of what challenges teachers face in assessing one language (English), among many others known or spoken in the linguistically heterogeneous classroom. READ MORE