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Adjusting Expectations: The Study of Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in Second Language Acquisition
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane – Applied Linguistics, 2009
It is a good practice to try to understand matters at hand by first stepping back and adopting an historical perspective, which I will begin this review by doing. Next, I will take up the challenges that each of the authors in the articles in this volume has presented for the study of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) in second language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Grammar, Difficulty Level
CAF: Defining, Refining and Differentiating Constructs
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Pallotti, Gabriele – Applied Linguistics, 2009
This article critically scrutinizes a number of issues involved in the definition and operationalization of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) constructs. It argues for maintaining clearer distinctions between CAF, on the one hand, and notions such as linguistic development and communicative adequacy, on the other. Adequacy, in particular,…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Language Research, Criticism, Language Fluency