Automated speech scoring for non-native middle school students with multiple task types

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2435-2439

  Evanini, Keelan ^a   Wang, Xinhao ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated speech scoring; Children's speech; Non native speech

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; SPEECH;

AUTOMATED SPEECH SCORING; CHILDREN'S SPEECH; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; NON-NATIVE SPEECH; SPOKEN LANGUAGES; SPONTANEOUS SPEECH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84906254262     PISSN: 2308457X     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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