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PRAAT scripts to measure speed fluency and breakdown fluency in speech automatically
silent and filled pauses (‘uhm’s) is part of oral proficiency. Language
assessment rubrics therefore include aspects of fluency. Measuring
fluency, however, is highly time-consuming because of the manual
labour involved. The current paper aims to automatically measure
aspects of L2 fluency, including filled pauses, in both Dutch and
English. A revised existing script and a new script for filled pauses
are tested on accuracy. We also gauged whether the outcomes of
the new script could be used for language assessment purposes by
relating the outcomes to human judgements. Without further
investigations, the current script should not (yet) be used for the
purpose of assessing fluency automatically in (high-stakes) oral
proficiency assessment. However, the performance of the scripts
for measuring aspects of fluency globally and quickly are promising,
especially given their...Show moreFluency in terms of speed of speech and (lack of) hesitations such as
silent and filled pauses (‘uhm’s) is part of oral proficiency. Language
assessment rubrics therefore include aspects of fluency. Measuring
fluency, however, is highly time-consuming because of the manual
labour involved. The current paper aims to automatically measure
aspects of L2 fluency, including filled pauses, in both Dutch and
English. A revised existing script and a new script for filled pauses
are tested on accuracy. We also gauged whether the outcomes of
the new script could be used for language assessment purposes by
relating the outcomes to human judgements. Without further
investigations, the current script should not (yet) be used for the
purpose of assessing fluency automatically in (high-stakes) oral
proficiency assessment. However, the performance of the scripts
for measuring aspects of fluency globally and quickly are promising,
especially given their stability in accuracy on new corpora.
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- All authors
- Jong, N.H. de; Pacilly, J.J.A.; Heeren, W.F.L.
- Date
- 2021-07-25
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 456 - 476
Funding
- Sponsorship
- NWO