Second Language Speech Fluency

From Research to Practice

Parvaneh Tavakoli (University of Reading), Clare Wright (University of Leeds)

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Cambridge University Press
17 December 2020

Language Teaching (non-ELT); Applied linguistics for ELT; Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL)

Series: Cambridge Applied Linguistics

Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective, which brings together research into cognitive and social factors, to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency, this book provides researchers, students and language professionals with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.

By: Parvaneh Tavakoli (University of Reading), Clare Wright (University of Leeds)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 150mm, Width: 230mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781108730914
ISBN 10: 1108730914
Series: Cambridge Applied Linguistics
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 17 December 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Fluency from a psycholinguistic perspective; 3. Measuring fluency; 4. Fluency in L2 task-based research; 5. Fluency in second language pedagogy; 6. Fluency in second language testing; 7. Fluency in different contexts; 8. Conclusion.

Parvaneh Tavakoli is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading. Her research, which focuses on SLA, continuously aims to bridge the gap between research and professional practice, and has won awards from the British Council. Recent publications include her co-authored book, Task-based Language Teaching (co-authored with Faez, 2019). Clare Wright is Lecturer in Linguistics and Language Teaching at University of Leeds. She is currently President of EuroSLA, and has won awards from ESRC, BAAL and British Academy for her work in psycholinguistics. Recent publications include Mind Matters in SLA (2018), and Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics (2019).