Don Rubin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4485138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Don Rubin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Don |
| FAMILY NAME | Rubin |
| SIGNATURE | RUBIN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Five by Five
The effect of training and rater differences on oral proficiency assessment
As a result of the fact that judgments of non-native speech are closely tied to social biases, oral proficiency ratings are susceptible to error because of rater background and social attitudes. In the present study we seek first to estimate the variance attributable to rater background and attitudinal variables on novice raters’ assessments of L2 spoken English. Second, we examine the effects of minimal training in reducing the potency of those …
African Theatre 16
A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Of Africa and things African (in Canada)
Africa and things African only rarely show up on stages in other parts of the world. Take the plays of Athol Fugard away from the African dramatic repertoire abroad and precious few African scripts can be found that manage to get themselves productions anywhere. Occasionally one will find a Femi Osofisan play put on in the US or England or Germany. And occasionally one will find a new play by, say, a Congolese writer like Sony Labou Tansi put on …
Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness and Judgments of Language Learner Proficiency in Oral English
In high‐stakes oral proficiency testing as well as in everyday encounters, accent is the most salient aspect of nonnative speech. Prior studies of English language learners’ (ELLs’) pronunciation have focused on single parameters of English, such as vowel duration, fundamental frequency as related to intonation, or temporal measures of speech production. The present study addresses a constellation of suprasegmental characteristics of nonnative sp…
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Volume 4
Psychoanalysis
Canada on Stage 1975
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Canada on Stage 1975
Psychoanalysis
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Volume 4
Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness and Judgments of Language Learner Proficiency in Oral English
In high‐stakes oral proficiency testing as well as in everyday encounters, accent is the most salient aspect of nonnative speech. Prior studies of English language learners’ (ELLs’) pronunciation have focused on single parameters of English, such as vowel duration, fundamental frequency as related to intonation, or temporal measures of speech production. The present study addresses a constellation of suprasegmental characteristics of nonnative sp…
Of Africa and things African (in Canada)
Africa and things African only rarely show up on stages in other parts of the world. Take the plays of Athol Fugard away from the African dramatic repertoire abroad and precious few African scripts can be found that manage to get themselves productions anywhere. Occasionally one will find a Femi Osofisan play put on in the US or England or Germany. And occasionally one will find a new play by, say, a Congolese writer like Sony Labou Tansi put on …
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
African Theatre 16
A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.
The effect of training and rater differences on oral proficiency assessment
As a result of the fact that judgments of non-native speech are closely tied to social biases, oral proficiency ratings are susceptible to error because of rater background and social attitudes. In the present study we seek first to estimate the variance attributable to rater background and attitudinal variables on novice raters’ assessments of L2 spoken English. Second, we examine the effects of minimal training in reducing the potency of those …
Five by Five
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