AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 18h ago6/10
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A Finetuned SpeechLLM for Joint Multi-Granular L2 Assessment and Natural-Language Rationales
Researchers propose a fine-tuned speech language model that provides both multi-level L2 English proficiency assessment and natural-language explanations for its predictions. The model demonstrates competitive performance on standard benchmarks while offering improved interpretability, though generated rationales show lower reliability at granular word-level assessments.