METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE GRADING

摘要

A method and system for constructive response grading for spoken language is disclosed. The method and system are computer implemented and involve a crowdsourcing step to derive evaluation features. The method includes steps for posting a speech test through an automated speech assessment tool, receiving candidate responses from candidates for the speech test; delivering the candidate responses to crowdsource volunteers; receiving crowdsourced responses from crowdsource volunteers, where the crowdsourced responses comprise a transcription of the speech test; deriving features from the transcription; and deriving a individual scores based on the features, where the individual scores are representative of pronunciation score, fluency score, content organization score and grammar score of the spoken language for each candidate.

主权项

1. A constructive response grading method for spoken language grading, the method implemented using a computer processor, the method comprising instructions for:
posting a speech test through an automated speech assessment tool; receiving candidate responses from candidates for the speech test; delivering the candidate responses to crowdsource volunteers; receiving crowdsourced responses from crowdsource volunteers, wherein the crowdsourced responses comprise a transcription of the speech test; deriving a plurality of speech and language features from the transcription; and deriving individual scores for each candidate response that are based on the speech and language features, and wherein the individual scores comprise pronunciation score, fluency score, content organization score and grammar score of the spoken language for each candidate.