Table 2 Criteria for rating expertise
Rater group | Criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rating experience | Teaching experience | Rater training | Relevant courses passed | |
Inexperienced | Fewer than 2 years | Fewer than 5 years | Less than 2 years | Fewer than the four core courses • Pedagogical English grammar • Phonetics and phonology • SLA • Second language assessment |
Experienced | Over 2 years with the use of both analytic and holistic scale | Over 5 years of teaching in different settings (e.g., diverse students age groups and different proficiency levels) | Over 2 years | All four core courses • Pedagogical English grammar • Phonetics and phonology • SLA • Second language assessment plus at least 2 courses of the selective courses. |