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Direct linkJianmin 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
