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Exploring the Optimal Thresholds of Silent Pauses for Measuring Second Language Utterance Fluency in Monologic and Dialogic Speaking
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Jianmin Gao; Peijian Paul Sun; Chenxin Li – Language Testing, 2025
Second language (L2) utterance fluency is crucial for speaking proficiency assessment. The measurement of L2 utterance fluency relies heavily on silent pause identification. However, empirical studies establishing specific silent pause thresholds for L2 monologic speaking are scarce, and even fewer exist for L2 dialogic speaking. This study thus…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Communicative Competence (Languages), Oral Language
The Moderating Role of L2 Proficiency in the Predictive Power of L1 Fluency on L2 Utterance Fluency
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Shungo Suzuki; Judit Kormos – Language Testing, 2025
The current study examined the extent to which first language (L1) utterance fluency measures can predict second language (L2) fluency and how L2 proficiency moderates the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency. A total of 104 Japanese-speaking learners of English completed different argumentative speech tasks in their L1 and L2. Their speaking…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency