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Increasing fluency in L2 writing with singing

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Alisaari J., Heikkola L. M.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2016
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vol. 6
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issue 2
271-292
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Fluency is an essential part of a language learner’s skills. Despite various studies on fluency, little is known about the effects of different pedagogical methods on the development of written fluency. In this paper, we examine how different pedagogical methods affect the development of second language learners’ written fluency. Participants in this study were 51 language learners enrolled in two intensive Finnish courses. The pedagogical methods investigated in the study were singing, listening to songs, and reciting lyrics of songs. Written stories based on cartoon strips were used as a pretest and a posttest. The fluency of written stories was analyzed based on the number of words used in the texts. Differences between the groups taught by different pedagogical methods were analyzed. The results seem to indicate that fluency increased the most in the singing groups compared to the other groups. There was also a statistically significant difference between the singing group and the group reciting lyrics, as well as between the group listening to songs and the group reciting lyrics.
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A PILOT STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL USE OF TOMATIS METHOD TO IMPROVE L2 READING FLUENCY

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Chou P. T.-M.
Teaching English with Technology
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2012
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vol. 12
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issue 1
20-37
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This was a pilot study that used the Tomatis Method to see the effects it had on L2 reading fluency in a group of Taiwanese learners. Eight volunteers participated in this study undertaking 40-hours of before-and-after-experimental treatments. The results from the analysis showed that the participants had significant improvements in the areas of fluency, tone, stress, and intelligibility. However, there was not a significant improvement in pronunciation. This study concludes that the Tomatis Method seemed to help participants improve their reading fluency as well as increase the levels of confidence and motivation when learning the target language.
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Increasing fluency in L2 writing with singing

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Heikkola L. M.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2016
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vol. 6
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issue 2
271-292
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Fluency is an essential part of a language learner’s skills. Despite various studies on fluency, little is known about the effects of different pedagogical methods on the development of written fluency. In this paper, we examine how different pedagogical methods affect the development of second language learners’ written fluency. Participants in this study were 51 language learners enrolled in two intensive Finnish courses. The pedagogical methods investigated in the study were singing, listening to songs, and reciting lyrics of songs. Written stories based on cartoon strips were used as a pretest and a posttest. The fluency of written stories was analyzed based on the number of words used in the texts. Differences between the groups taught by different pedagogical methods were analyzed. The results seem to indicate that fluency increased the most in the singing groups compared to the other groups. There was also a statistically significant difference between the singing group and the group reciting lyrics, as well as between the group listening to songs and the group reciting lyrics.
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Oral translation as a way of fostering accuracy. Evidence from teaching Russian

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Laskova V.
Studia Rossica Posnaniensia
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2022
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vol. 47
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issue 2
205-222
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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 teaching technique, can foster the development of the accuracy component of language proficiency. The experiments were carried out at the International Centre for Plurilingualism at the University of Udine with two experimental groups over a period of three years. Apart from providing a positive answer to the research question, the results show that the whole training can be carried out as part of the in-class activities and is independent of factors of personal character like the amount of time a student dedicates to the L2 learning at home, his or her willingness to put him/herself to work and even, to a large extent, independent of the student’s mother tongue or previous contacts with the foreign language. Since the main goal is the rapid memorization of the lexical and grammar material inside a context, the present technique suggests itself as a promising teaching tool in any lexically specialized field of L2 study.
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Fluency and complexity as coupled growers in speaking English at secondary school – A case study of a good, average, and poor language learner

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Rokoszewska K. J.
Linguistics Beyond and Within
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2020
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vol. 6
160-174
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One of the main assumptions of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) is that internally complex language subsystems develop non-linearly while entering different kinds of supportive, competitive, conditional, or dual relationships which are characterised by trade-offs caused by learners’ restricted cognitive processing, especially in foreign language speech. The present paper belongs to a short series of articles which examines various aspects of the development of L2 English speech at secondary school on basis of the same longitudinal, exploratory, and corpus-based case study. The aim of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of the relationships between fluency and both syntactic and lexical complexity in the speech of a good, average, and poor language learner at the level of secondary school. Syntactic complexity was investigated in terms of general sentence complexity, subordination, coordination, and nominalisation, whereas lexical complexity was construed in terms of lexical density, sophistication, and variation. In general, the results indicated predominantly supportive relationships between fluency and different measures of syntactic complexity but competitive or dual relationships between fluency and lexical complexity. However, the relationships between the selected variables fluctuated over time and often differed in the case of a good, average, and poor language learner.
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Processing Fluency and Decision-Making: The Role of Language Structure

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Deckert M.
Psychology of Language and Communication
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2015
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vol. 19
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issue 2
149-161
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This paper models conventionalisation of language structure as constitutive of processing fluency. I postulate that the difference in conventionalisation of linguistic forms used for communication significantly influences our reasoning about linguistically-expressed problems. Two studies are reported that tested this hypothesis with the use of variably conventionalised - fluent and disfluent - formulations of problem-solving tasks. Th e findings indicate that even in tasks requiring analytic reasoning, the degree to which the linguistic forms employed to communicate are conventionalised is correlated with the subjects’ performance success rate. On a more general level, this paper seeks to empirically address the nature of links between linguistic form and meaning construction.
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DOES WEB 2.0-SUPPORTED PROJECT-BASED INSTRUCTION IMPROVE JORDANIAN EFL LEARNERS' SPEAKING PERFORMANCE?

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Bataineh R. F., Migdadi A. S., Al-Alawneh M. K.
Teaching English with Technology
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2020
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vol. 20
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issue 3
25-39
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This study examines the potential effectiveness of Web 2.0-supported project-based learning in Jordanian EFL eleventh-grade students’ speaking fluency and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary. The participants of the study were 43 female students who were purposefully selected from two schools at Al-Koura Directorate of Education (Jordan) in the first semester of the academic year 2018/2019. Using a quasi- experimental, pre-/post-test design, the participants were divided into the experimental group (n=21) who was instructed using computerized project-based instruction and the control group (n= 22) who was taught per the guidelines of the prescribed Teacher Book, Action Pack 11. Descriptive statistics and One-Way ANCOVA were used to analyze the students’ scores on the speaking pre-/post-tests. The results showed that the participants instructed through the computerized project-based treatment outperformed those who were conventionally instructed in both speaking fluency and accuracy of vocabulary and grammar. A number of pedagogical implications and recommendations are put forth.
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A preliminary investigation of stutteringand typical disfluencies in bilingual Polish‑English adults who stutter: A multiple cases approach

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Krawczyk A., Vanryckeghem M., Węsierska K., Pak‑Hin Kong A., Xu P.
Logopaedica Lodziensia
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2023
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issue 7
79-96
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W artykule przeanalizowano częstotliwość występowania symptomów jąkania i tzw. zwykłych niepłynności u dwujęzycznych (polsko‑angielskich) dorosłych osób z jąkaniem. Próbki zbierano podczas dialogu, monologu i czytania. Dokonano porównań pomiędzy obydwoma językami. Dodatkowo zbadano związek pomiędzy znajomością języka angielskiego a częstotliwością występowania symptomów jąkania i tzw. zwykłych niepłynności. Celem badania było pogłębienie wiedzy na temat różnic pomiędzy jedno‑ i dwujęzycznymi osobami, które się jąkają. Dane były pozyskiwane podczas sesji online. Uczestnicy najpierw wypełnili angielski test biegłości Cloze. Następnie zbierano randomizowane próbki mowy podczas dialogu, monologu i głośnego czytania w języku polskim i angielskim. Zbadano również korelację pomiędzy wynikami testu Cloze a częstotliwością jąkania i tzw. zwykłych niepłynności w próbkach angielskich. Wszyscy uczestnicy manifestowali więcej przejawów jąkania się w języku angielskim niż polskim podczas dialogu. Uczestnicy jąkali się bardziej w języku angielskim w co najmniej jednym zadaniu (dialog, monolog lub czytanie). Siedemdziesiąt jeden procent uczestników prezentowało podwyższony poziom tzw. zwykłych niepłynności w tym języku podczas dialogu i monologu. U większości uczestników objawy jąkania się i tzw. zwykłych niepłynności były bardziej nasilone w języku angielskim w porównaniu z polskim. Wyniki sugerują, że biegłość językowa może mieć związek z częstotliwością występowania objawów jąkania się i tzw. zwykłych niepłynności. W celu podejmowania decyzji klinicznych związanych z zaburzeniami płynności mowy w populacjach dwujęzycznych podczas diagnozy istotne jest dokonanie oceny w obu językach.
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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 stuttering and typical disfluency frequencies was examined. The study aims to contribute to the body of research regarding differential considerations between monolingual and bilinguals who stutter. Data collection took place via video conferencing. Participants first completed an English proficiency cloze test, where they entered missing words in a short English text. Following this, randomized dialogue, monologue, and oral reading speech samples in Polish and English were collected. The correlation between cloze test scores and frequency of stuttering and typical disfluency in the English samples was also examined. All participants experienced more stuttering in English (L2) than Polish (L1) during dialogue. Overall, participants had increased stuttering in L2 for at least one speaking task. Seventy one percent of participants had increased typical disfluencies in L2 for dialogue and monologue. Most participants evidenced an increase in stuttering and typical disfluencies in L2 compared to L1. The results suggest that language proficiency may share a relationship between frequency of stuttering and typical disfluencies, highlighting the importance of collecting cross‑linguistic speech data during assessment to reach clinical decisions related to fluency disorders in bilingual populations.
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Wychowanie do twórczości w teorii i praktyce edukacji wczesnoszkolnej

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Pusz S.
Kultura – Przemiany – Edukacja
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2016
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vol. 4
207-215
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Artykuł prezentuje pokrótce historię rozwoju myśli wychowania do twórczości, przedstawiając postacie najbardziej zasłużonych polskich pedagogów i psychologów, którzy wnieśli istotny wkład w rozwój dyscypliny zwanej pedagogiką twórczości. W treści zawarte są także odniesienia do praktyki wychowania do twórczości ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem edukacji wczesnoszkolnej. Wskazuje na uwarunkowania prawne aktualnej praktyki pedagogicznej w zakresie działań rozwijających postawę twórczą uczniów klas I–III oraz prezentuje wyniki badań myślenia twórczego w poszczególnych aspektach: płynności, giętkości i oryginalności myślenia oraz wrażliwości na problemy. Test badający zdolność myślenia twórczego zastosowano wobec 204 uczniów klas III oraz 10 nauczycieli uczących w tych klasach. Analiza badań wykazała, że uczniowie prezentują średni poziom myślenia twórczego, pomimo że tylko w 1 klasie nauczyciel stosował dodatkowy program stymulujący kreatywność i twórczość uczniów.
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The article presents briefly a history of the development of education for creation thought, presenting the figures of the most distinguished Polish educators and psychologists who have made a significant contribution to the development of the discipline called pedagogy of creativity. In the contents there are also references to the practice of education for creativity with special emphasis on the early childhood education. I point to the legal conditions of the current educational practices in activities developing creative attitude of pupils from classes I–III, and present the results of creative thinking in different aspects: fluency, flexibility and originality of thinking and sensitivity to the problems. The test study exploring the ability of creative thinking was conducted amongst 204 students in 3rd classes and 10 teachers who teach in these classes. The analysis indicated that the students represent the average level of creative thinking despite the fact that only 1 teacher used the additional program stimulating creation and creativity of the students.
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