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• 🧐 Is It Irresponsible To Auto-grade Speaking Assessments? 🔍
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As a language teacher, you often face the challenge of assessing students' speaking skills.

The traditional approach: you listen to each student individually and provide personalized feedback... This is pretty time-consuming, not to mention exhausting too, right?

Yet, technology has introduced auto-grading systems that claim to streamline this process… But!

Does it feel to you like it’s irresponsible to do so? Let’s get deeper throughout this article on:

• Its ethical implications 🧐
• 3 potential drawbacks 🔍
• The most responsible approach to it ✅

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