o:29153 ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT OF L2 SPEAKING PROFICIENCY IN A FINAL EXAM IN ENGLISH en Abstract: The main aim of the study was to determine whether the assumed components of L2 speaking proficiency constitute the construct itself. The subsidiary aim was to check inter-rater reliability, in order to establish whether the raters used similar criteria while testing speaking proficiency. Thirty philological class students were tested individually by two independent raters on five trait categories (pronunciation, grammar, lexis, fluency, content). The results indicate that the ratings are reliable and that the construct of L2 speaking proficiency comprises all of the assumed components. This provides support for the use of a five-trait-category model in testing speaking proficiency in an L2 in practice. However, due to the size of the sample and its nature, the model needs further empirical testing Keywords: inter-rater reliability, perceived speaking proficiency, trait categories 1552099 10.18485/bells.2017.9.3 1552101 1821–3138 2023-05-08T11:34:52.875Z 44 no 46 Jelena Grubor Državni univerzit u Novom Pazaru 0000-0003-1518-7704 application/pdf 174165 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29153 no yes 1 70 92000001 20A01 Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies 9 49 62 2017