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Perceptions of L2 Fluency by Native and Non-Native Speakers of English
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Rossiter, Marian J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This article explores perceptions of the speaking fluency of 24 adult ESL learners (11 men, 13 women) who narrated picture stories at Time 1 and again 10 weeks later at Time 2. One-minute excerpts from each rendition were randomized and played to 15 novice and six expert native speakers of English (undergraduate education students and experienced…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Adult Students, Student Attitudes
The Relationship between L1 Fluency and L2 Fluency Development
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J.; Thomson, Ronald I.; Rossiter, Marian J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
A fundamental question in the study of second language (L2) fluency is the extent to which temporal characteristics of speakers' first language (L1) productions predict the same characteristics in the L2. A close relationship between a speaker's L1 and L2 temporal characteristics would suggest that fluency is governed by an underlying trait. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Ukrainian, Immigrants
Second Language Fluency: Judgments on Different Tasks
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Rossiter, Marian J.; Munro, Murray J.; Thomson, Ron I. – Language Learning, 2004
In this study we determined whether untrained raters' assessments of fluency in low-proficiency second language speech were related to temporal measures and whether they varied across tasks. We collected speech samples from 20 beginner Mandarin learners of English on picture description, monologue, and dialogue tasks. Temporal measures were made…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
The Effects of Pronunciation Instruction on the Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity of L2 Accented Speech.
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Rossiter, Marian J. – Applied Language Learning, 2003
Identified changes in 48 nonnative speakers' (NNSs) pronunciation over a period of 12 weeks as a result of the type of instruction they received--global, segmental, and no specific pronunciation instruction. Implications for pronunciation instruction are drawn from the results. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction