期刊名称：International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature
印刷版ISSN：2200-3592
电子版ISSN：2200-3452
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：4
页码：199-211
DOI：10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.5n.4p.199
出版社：Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD.
摘要：This study aims at comparing five rating behaviors of 8 raters; four novice raters and four experienced raters. The five specific behaviors including number and frequency of referring to the rating scale (Jacobs’ et al. EFL Composition Profile), number of interpretation (justification), total rating time, total score, and number of pauses longer than 5 seconds are compared between the two groups. The 8 raters were asked to rate two essays written by two B.A. students of English Literature attending their 4 semester at Persian Gulf university of Bushehr, Iran. Using TAPs the behaviors conducted by the eight raters were transcribed, then analyzed. It was found that although a similar pattern was observed in both groups’ total scores assigned to the two essays, there was found no consistent trend in both the experienced and novice raters’ number of referring to the rating scale. In addition, we found that the novice raters’ number of referring to the rating scale, and number of pauses were higher than those of the experienced ones, while the experienced raters’ number of interpretation (justification) and total rating time were higher than the novices’. The findings while supporting the findings by the previous research, paves the way for future researchers in this regard.
其他摘要：This study aims at comparing five rating behaviors of 8 raters; four novice raters and four experienced raters. The five specific behaviors including number and frequency of referring to the rating scale (Jacobs’ et al. EFL Composition Profile), number of interpretation (justification), total rating time, total score, and number of pauses longer than 5 seconds are compared between the two groups. The 8 raters were asked to rate two essays written by two B.A. students of English Literature attending their 4 semester at Persian Gulf university of Bushehr, Iran. Using TAPs the behaviors conducted by the eight raters were transcribed, then analyzed. It was found that although a similar pattern was observed in both groups’ total scores assigned to the two essays, there was found no consistent trend in both the experienced and novice raters’ number of referring to the rating scale. In addition, we found that the novice raters’ number of referring to the rating scale, and number of pauses were higher than those of the experienced ones, while the experienced raters’ number of interpretation (justification) and total rating time were higher than the novices’. The findings while supporting the findings by the previous research, paves the way for future researchers in this regard.
关键词：Experienced raters; Novice raters; Rating behavior; Rating scale; Rating time
其他关键词：Experienced raters; Novice raters; Rating behavior; Rating scale; Rating time
