Tsunemoto, Aki;
Uludag, Pakize;
McDonough, Kim;
Isaacs, Talia;
(2023)
Research Forum: The Relationship between Japanese EFL Learners’ Perceived Fluency and Temporal Speech Measures in a Read-Aloud Task.
The Japan Association for Language Teaching Journal (JALT)
, 45
(1)
10.37546/JALTJJ45.1-5.
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Abstract
This study examined the relationship between holistic rater judgments of second language (L2) speech fluency (i.e., perceived fluency) and temporal measures of fluency (i.e., utterance fluency) in a read-aloud task. 63 L2 English Japanese secondary school students were audio-recorded while carrying out a 69-word read-aloud task. 11 L2 English-speaking instructors rated the speech for perceived fluency, and the speech samples were analyzed for utterance fluency. The linear regression model revealed that articulation rate and clause-internal pauses significantly predicted perceived fluency. Findings are discussed in relation to the use of read-aloud tasks for the teaching and assessment of L2 speech fluency.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Research Forum: The Relationship between Japanese EFL Learners’ Perceived Fluency and Temporal Speech Measures in a Read-Aloud Task |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.37546/JALTJJ45.1-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTJJ45.1-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | English as a foreign language; fluency; read-aloud task; second language speaking; speech perception |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144963 |
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