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Document Description
Title
A
pilot
study
of the
effects
of
background
characteristics
of
interviewers
on the
inter-rater
reliability
of the
oral
testing
procedure
for the
senior
high
school
French
program
in the
province
of
Newfoundland
Author
Flynn
,
Kevin
Francis
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1991.
Education
Date
1991
Pagination
xii, 147 leaves : ill.
Subject
French
language--Study
and
teaching
(Secondary)--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Evaluation;
French
language--Ability
testing
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
122-132.
Abstract
Although
numerous
studies
have
shown
a
high
degree
of
validity
and
reliability
in
oral
proficiency
testing
, not
all
areas
have been
investigated.
This
paper
is
,
essentially
, the
report
of a
pilot
study
investigating
one
such
area:
the
relationship
between
background
characteristics
of
teacher
interviewers
and the
reliability
of the
rating
of an
oral
proficiency
test.
It
was
hypothesized
that
,
despite
the
formal
training
sessions
offered
to the
interviewers
,
differences
in the
ratings
of the
oral
proficiency
of
interviewers
would
occur
, and that these
differences
could
be
related
to the
diverse
characteristics
of the
teacher
interviewer.
The
questions
asked
were:
--
(1)
Are there
significant
differences
in the
way
interviewers
--
(a)
rank
the
five
factors
of
speaking
proficiency?
--
(b)
rate
the
acceptability
of
errors?
--
(c)
rate
proficiency
levels?
--
(2)
If
significant
variations
do
occur
,
could
these
differences
be
associated
with the
language
proficiency
or the
background
characteristics
of the
interviewers?
--
A
questionnaire
was
distributed
to
one-half
of the
trained
interview
population
on the
island
portion
of the
province.
A
response
rate
of
84
percent
was
achieved.
The
background
characteristics
investigated
were:
--
(1)
demographic
information
,
--
(2)
number
of
years
of
teaching
experience
,
--
(3)
number
of
university
French
courses
taken
,
--
(4)
time
spent
in a
French
milieu
,
--
(5)
extent
of
speaking
French
in the
milieu
with
friends
and
acquaintances
and at
home
,
--
(6)
a
self-rating
of
aural
and
oral
proficiency
levels.
The
dependent
variables
employed
were:
--
(1)
a
ranking
of the
importance
of
five
factors
(vocabulary
,
grammar
,
pronunciation
,
fluency
and
comprehension)
of
oral
proficiency;
--
(2)
a
rating
of the
acceptability
of
examples
of
various
types
of
errors
, and
--
(3)
a
rating
of
described
proficiency
levels
as
employed
in the
oral
testing
manual
for the
French
3200
Senior
High
School
program.
--
The
data
were
tabulated
and a
profile
of the
average
respondent
constructed;
different
variables
were
analyzed
to
determine
significant
differences
, then
crosstabulated
with the
independent
variable
and a
chi
test
performed.
--
The
results
indicated
that:
--
(1)
there were
differences
in the
rankings
of the
five
factors
of
oral
proficiency
,
--
(2)
there were
significant
differences
in the
rating
of the
acceptability
of
errors
and the
levels
of
oral
proficiency
,
--
(3)
these
differences
were
primarily
in the
areas
of the
rating
of
vocabulary
and
grammar
examples
,
--
(4)
these
differences
were
associated
primarily
with the
language
proficiency
of the
interviewers.
--
Further
study
of this
area
is
recommended
in
order
to
determine
to what
extent
differences
would
affect
student
evaluation
when
using
global
rather
than
discrete
item
evaluation
techniques.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76083112
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(17.30
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