Linguistic skills and speaking fluency in a second language

This study investigated how individual differences in linguistic knowledge and processing skills relate to individual differences in speaking fluency. Speakers of Dutch as a second language (N = 179) performed eight speaking tasks, from which several measures of fluency were derived such as measures...

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Published in:Applied psycholinguistics 2013-09, Vol.34 (5), p.893-916
Main Authors: DE JONG, NIVJA H., STEINEL, MARGARITA P., FLORIJN, ARJEN, SCHOONEN, ROB, HULSTIJN, JAN H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Dutch language
Fluency
Hungarian
Individual Differences
Indo European Languages
Information processing
Knowledge
Language
Language Fluency
Language Processing
Language proficiency
Language Skills
Linguistics
Native Speakers
Novices
Phonemes
Psycholinguistics
Repetition
Resistance (Psychology)
Second Language Learning
Sound duration
Speech
Syllables
Task Analysis
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Summary:This study investigated how individual differences in linguistic knowledge and processing skills relate to individual differences in speaking fluency. Speakers of Dutch as a second language (N = 179) performed eight speaking tasks, from which several measures of fluency were derived such as measures for pausing, repairing, and speed (mean syllable duration). In addition, participants performed separate tasks, designed to gauge individuals’ second language linguistic knowledge and linguistic processing speed. The results showed that the linguistic skills were most strongly related to average syllable duration, of which 50% of individual variance was explained; in contrast, average pausing duration was only weakly related to linguistic knowledge and processing skills.
ISSN:0142-7164
1469-1817
DOI:10.1017/S0142716412000069