Accuracy and Fluency Development of Spoken English through Online Informal Activities: A Microgenetic Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2023 The upsurge of interest in the employment of instructional technologies in learning English has coincided with a growing interest in Online Informal Learning of English (OILE).
Rasoul Mohammad Hosseinpur +1 more
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The multidimensionality of second language oral fluency: Interfacing cognitive fluency and utterance fluency [PDF]
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022 AbstractThe current study examined the extent to which cognitive fluency (CF) contributes to utterance fluency (UF) at the level of constructs. A total of 128 Japanese-speaking learners of English completed four speaking tasks—argumentative task, picture narrative task, reading-to-speaking task, and reading-while-listening-to-speaking task—and a ...
Shungo Suzuki, Judit Kormos
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Defending the Good Dog Picture of Virtues [PDF]
Organon F, 2020 I consider and reject a specific criticism advanced by Korsgaard against virtue ethics and epistemology when these are conceived with the help of what she calls the image of the “Good Dog.” I consider what virtue ethics and epistemology would look like ...
Andrei Ionuţ Mărăşoiu
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Oral translation as a way of fostering accuracy. Evidence from teaching Russian
Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, 2022 This paper presents the results from two different experiments carried out independently with two different groups of students using the same materials and the same methodology, with the aim to check whether oral translation, if applied as a main ...
Vesselina Laskova
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Catalan as a Heritage Language in Germany
Languages, 2022 Germany is currently the third country with more Catalan residents mainly characterized as families with children born in Germany but raised with Catalan as heritage language (HL). Only few studies have investigated Catalan as an HL in Germany. Our study
Laia Arnaus Gil, Amelia Jiménez-Gaspar
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Word- and Text-Level Processes Contributing to Fluent Reading of Word Lists and Sentences
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In this study, we investigated how word- and text-level processes contribute to different types of reading fluency measures. We aimed to increase our understanding of the underlying processes necessary for fluent reading.
Sietske van Viersen +3 more
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The Effects of ESL Immersion and Proficiency on Learners’ Pronunciation Development
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 Despite the efforts of existing studies in the domain of L2 phonology to examine ESL learners’ pronunciation development, little research has comprehensively demonstrated ESL learners’ pronunciation improvement in academic immersion contexts.
Maria Kostromitina, Okim Kang
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Reading Fluency of Higher Education Students
Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 2022 The literature that links career development with reading skills is scarce. This study seeks to fill this gap, for which the reading fluency of college students was analyzed, taking into account the choice of more/less desirable courses.
Ana Sucena +3 more
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Effect of Using Smart Learning Pen (iPen) on Young Iranian Male and Female EFL Learners’ Speaking Accuracy and Fluency [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2022 The present study aimed to examine the effects of an educational technology called smart learning pen (i.e., iPen) as an ICT tool on young Iranian male and female EFL learners' speaking accuracy and fluency.
Ali Yeganeh +2 more
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The effect of Parkinson’s disease subgroups on verbal and nonverbal fluency [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Parkinson’s disease (PD) leads to deficits in executive function, including verbal and nonverbal fluency, as a result of compromised frontostriatal circuits.
Cronin-Golomb, Alice +4 more
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