Unveiling the Relationship Between L2 Utterance Fluency and Perceived Fluency in Monologic and Dialogic Speaking.

The study explored the relationship between L2 utterance fluency and perceived fluency in monologic and dialogic speaking. A total of 136 Chinese university English learners with diverse L2 proficiency levels and three experienced raters participated in the study. The study employed a mixed-methods...

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Publicado en:Language & Speech Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 623 - 651
Autores principales: Gao, Jianmin, Sun, Peijian Paul
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Sep2026
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