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A preliminary investigation of stutteringand typical disfluencies in bilingual Polish‑English adults who stutter: A multiple cases approach

open access: yesLogopaedica Lodziensia, 2023
This study analyzes the frequency of stuttering and typical disfluencies in Polish‑English bilingual adults who stutter during cross‑linguistic dialogue, monologue, and oral reading contexts. Additionally, the relationship between English proficiency and
Aleksandra Krawczyk   +4 more
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Second language speech fluency: from research to practice

open access: yes, 2020
This book has two main aims. First, it aims to offer the readers an advanced introduction to L2 speech fluency, to research conducted in this area, to theoretical frameworks that inform this body of research, and to methodological principles that are ...
Wright, Clare, Tavakoli, Parvaneh
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Teacher readiness for reciprocal teaching in Vietnamese primary schools: a constructivist grounded theory informed by social cognitive theory

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
IntroductionThis study examines how Vietnamese primary school teachers’ social and psycho-professional experiences shape their readiness to implement Reciprocal Teaching (RT) in the classroom with implications for self-determined professional development.
Tuyet Linh Vuong   +3 more
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More is easier? Testing the role of fluency in the more-credible effect

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2021
People are more likely to endorse statements of the form "A is more than B" than those of the form "B is less than A", even though the ordinal relationship being described is identical in both cases -– a result I dub the "more-credible" effect.
William J. Skylark
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The interplay of secondary EFL teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge with their instructional material use approach orientation

open access: yesHeliyon
Teachers' cognitive abilities and affective-motivational characteristics were found to be predictive of their instructional activities in earlier studies.
Nurul Fitriyah Almunawaroh   +1 more
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Language fluency and earnings: Estimation with misclassified language indicators

open access: yes, 2001
We use panel data to analyze the determinants of speaking fluency and wages of immigrants. Our model takes account of two problems that may bias OLS estimates of the impact of speaking fluency on earnings.
Arthur van Soest   +6 more
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Trends in research on reciprocal teaching: a systematic review

open access: yesCogent Education
With the rapid development of society, choosing an effective reading comprehension teaching method for the classroom has become a crucial factor in the professional growth of teachers and educational institutions.
Tuyet Linh Vuong, János Steklács
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Establishing the Fluency Gap Between Native and Non-Native-Speech [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although various dimensions of speech fluency have so far generated a great deal of research interest, very few accounts have tackled the issue of the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency.
Guz, Ewa
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Curriculum Material Use in EFL Classrooms: Moderation and Mediation Effects of Teachers’ Beliefs and TPACK

open access: yesEducation Sciences
While many studies have acknowledged multifaceted roles of curriculum materials (textbooks) in EFL reading activities, textbooks alone are insufficient, as their effectiveness depends on how teachers use them. Teachers’ textbook usage is strongly related
Nurul Fitriyah Almunawaroh   +1 more
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Predicting Fluency With Language Proficiency, Working Memory, and Directionality in Simultaneous Interpreting

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a complex bilingual verbal activity that poses great challenges for working memory (WM) and language proficiency. Fluency is one of the crucial indicators in evaluating SI quality, the violation of which is characterized
Yumeng Lin, Qianxi Lv, Junying Liang
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