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The present study aims at developing an automated scoring program for assessing Koreanstudents’ English speaking ability. Building on the prototype English speaking automatedscoring program developed in 2012, this study had the following three goals in mind: First, theperformance of the prototype speaking automated scoring program needs to be improved byenhancing the recognition rate of the speech recognition system embedded in the automatedscoring program. Second, the algorithm of the automated scoring program needs to beimproved by refining the existing pool of scoring features. Third, the performance of themodified automated scoring program needs to be validated in order to explore the possibilityof applying the program to the classroom. For this, two different types of algorithms, called theMaximum Entropy (ME) and Multiple Regression (MR), were used to apply the scoringfeatures and analyze the performances of scoring models. The results showed that MR isslightly more efficient and reliable compared with ME. The automated scoring program stillhas a long way to go, but it certainly has a place in speaking assessments especially whenconsidering its potential for not only an assessment tool but also a learning tool for students.
