The emery-roberts rater training course delivered in the host country for local teaching staff.
Drawing on experience of working with the ICAO PRICE-SG language sub-group, and as senior Aviation Test designers and examiners the course focuses on the application of the ICAO rating scale to live speech.
The one-week course:
- analyses the rating scale
- develops skills in assessing spoken language
- gives practical guidance on the use of language descriptors
- raises awareness of the key issues in language testing
Trainees are assessed and certified in rating for benchmark and licensing purposes according to:
- Level of language proficiency as demonstrated in certificates from recognized English language examinations.
- Successful rating of speech samples
Trainees are certified by emery-roberts upon successful completion of the course.
Henry is working on the establishment of an Association of Language Raters, a mechanism for self-regulation in the international rating community. For more information, visit: http://www.paris.icao.int/news/20060906_language_proficiency_workshop_paris.htm
To see the presentation and paper on standardisation in language rating that Henry delivered at the recent ICAO IALS2, click the link below:
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/anb/meetings/ials2/documentation.html