Self-supervised Speech Comparison for L2 Phone, Rhythm, and Intonation Scoring
L2 speech assessment has traditionally focused on phonetic assessment, leaving the scoring of suprasegmental features such as rhythm and intonation underexplored. Moreover, assessment methods often require training with labeled L2 speech da
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