Speaking to Machine: Validity of Pronunciation Assessment by Technology-Driven Systems
Ali Babaeian · Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities · 2025
This mini review discusses the validity of technology-driven pronunciation assessment systems, focusing on their alignment with intelligibility as the central criterion of communicative competence. The review highlights the need for theoretical recalibration to ensure valid and inclusive assessment practices in high- and low-stakes contexts by interrogating scoring mechanisms, native-norm dependencies, and human-machine correlations.