http://yu.iorz.com      Welcome back... ...     Here are the last 28 recordings . You only can  listen to  each recording for ONE TIME before giving your judgment. If it is possible, please write down some notes, for example, how long did you spend for this session, how long did you take for a break, etc. Firstly, open ' Rating Form ' please.   Then go to the recordings ' 61-75 ' and ' 76-88 ' .   http://yu.iorz.com/post/2/133 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:41:37 +0800      Nice to See You again ... ... Here are another 30 recordings . You only can  listen to  each recording for ONE TIME before giving your judgment. If it is possible, please write down some notes, for example, how long you spend for this session, how long did you take for a break, etc. Firstly, open ' Rating Form ' please.   Then go to the recordings ' 31-45 ' and ' 46-60 ' .  http://yu.iorz.com/post/2/132 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:29:06 +0800 Session 1   Here are 30 recordings . You only can  listen to  each recording for ONE TIME before giving your judgment. If it is possible, please write down some notes, for example, how many times you listen to the examples, how long you spend for this session, etc. Firstly, open ' Rating Form ' please.   Then go to the recordings 1-15   and 16 -30 .   http://yu.iorz.com/post/2/131 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:32:35 +0800              In this part , you can listen to the three examples as many times as you need, till you are ready for the next formal rating part.  And you don’t need to save the ratings. 1. Open 'Rating Form' first.    Rating Form for examples.doc /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} Understand the criteria which are used in the rating form Learn to use the 9-points scale   2. Then please try 3 examples before go to the formal judgment.    Examples.rar http://yu.iorz.com/post/2/128 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:25:42 +0800     Dear friends, Many thanks for your coming. You will be asked to listen to 88 reading materials and then give the scores for each speaker. The 88 readings will be divided into three sessions, 30 recordings in each session. Each recording is around one minute long, but you don’t have to listen to each one completely before giving the score. My suggestion is to listen to 30 seconds which could be long enough (according to personal experience and previous studies). Now you are going to Step by Step and will finish the judgment easily  1. Go to ‘ Examples ’ firstly --- This part is for your practice of listening and rating. 2. Go to ‘Session 1 ’ folder secondly --- You will find a clue there.  3. It's time for a tea/coffee break .   4. Go to ‘ Session 2 ’ thirdly ---- as same as in ‘Session 1’. 5. Another break if you like  6. Go to ' Session 3 ' fourthly ---as same as in 'Session 1' and Session 2'.  Then, that's it.             TIPS from other listeners and my personal experience Make sure that DO UNDERSTAND the criteria before listening.  Please DO REMEMBER to save the file for your ‘Ratings’. Using headphone will help you to concentrate easily. DON’T HESITATE on the judgment and believe in your feeling / intuition.  At Last, but not the least Many thanks for your coope ration and patience & your generous and kind help are greatly appreciated. http://yu.iorz.com/post/2/127 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:05:16 +0800