De Wet, FebeNiesler, TVan der Walt, C2013-04-112013-04-112012-11De Wet, F, Niesler, T and Van der Walt, C. 2012. The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities. In:Festschrift dedicated to Professor Justus Roux on his 65th birthday. Sun Media Publishing: Stellenbosch, South Africa978-1-920338-79-4978-1-920338-80-0http://www.africansunmedia.co.za/SuneShop/ProductDetails/tabid/78/ProductID/309/Default.aspxhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/6650Copyright: Sun Media Publishing, Stellenbosch, South AfricaAcademic literacy proficiency is key to the success of a student at university. Currently, the large-scale assessment of language proficiency, particularly at higher education levels, is dominated by reading and writing tests because listening and speaking skills are thought to be too difficult to evaluate. The application of automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques in the automatic assessment of these skills is one of the ways in which the logistical challenges associated with testing listening and oral proficiency can be addressed.enLanguage proficiencyAutomatic Speech RecognitionASRLinguisticsBook ChapterDe Wet, F., Niesler, T., & Van der Walt, C. (2012). The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities., <i>Workflow;10117</i> Sun Media 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6650De Wet, Febe, T Niesler, and C Van der Walt. "The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities" In <i>WORKFLOW;10117</i>, n.p.: Sun Media 2012. 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6650.De Wet F, Niesler T, Van der Walt C. The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities.. Workflow;10117. [place unknown]: Sun Media 2012; 2012. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6650.TY - Book Chapter AU - De Wet, Febe AU - Niesler, T AU - Van der Walt, C AB - Academic literacy proficiency is key to the success of a student at university. Currently, the large-scale assessment of language proficiency, particularly at higher education levels, is dominated by reading and writing tests because listening and speaking skills are thought to be too difficult to evaluate. The application of automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques in the automatic assessment of these skills is one of the ways in which the logistical challenges associated with testing listening and oral proficiency can be addressed. DA - 2012-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Language proficiency KW - Automatic Speech Recognition KW - ASR KW - Linguistics LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 978-1-920338-79-4 SM - 978-1-920338-80-0 T1 - The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities TI - The relationship between automatic assessment of oral proficiency and other indicators of first year students' linguistic abilities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6650 ER -