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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Complexity, accuracy and fluency"”.
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Investigating Syntactic and Lexical Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in the Writing of Heritage Speakers of Russian
… Russian in the United States form a very complex and diverse group of learners. Research in heritage linguistics has examined key parameters of the HSs’ oral production. Important work has been done in heritage language (HL) pragmatics, morphology, and lexicon. However, very few studies have been …
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CAF across proficiency levels and profiles: an investigation of ESL student writings in an English placement test
… was an examination of the predictive value of complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) across proficiency levels and profiles in second language writing. 150 ESL essays of international students registered at a North American university were analyzed using various CAF measures. Descriptive …
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Beyond the mere word. Exploring the language of Drama through text- and performance-based approaches for developing L2 oral skills
… drama by using contemporary plays both as self-standing extracts and as a full-scale performance for developing learners’ oral skills in terms of complexity, accuracy and fluency and their positive attitudes towards foreign language learning within a high school compulsory curriculum in an Italian …
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DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH ORAL PROFICIENCY AMONG JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
… the development of English oral proficiency—complexity, accuracy, and fluency—under the pre-task and on-line planning conditions with task repetition among Japanese high school students. This study is unique because it is longitudinal and includes qualitative data. The participants were 15 …
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A Mixed-methods Study on Collaborative Writing in Chinese EFL Classrooms: Effectiveness, Interaction and Regulation
… activity to encourage learners to work together and acquire related L2 knowledge. Using a mixed-methods approach, the present study aims to investigate both the effects and processes of collaborative writing in the context of L2 writing. This study involved forty-seven intermediate-level Chinese …
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Chinese Students’ Metacognitive Experiences in Learning to Write in English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Metacognitive Growth and Writing Development
… Although research on metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies in the field of EFL writing has flourished, little is known about the effect of learners’ metacognitive experiences on their learning of EFL writing. To fill such an important gap, this study had three main focuses: 1) …
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The effect of task-based language teaching on developing speaking skills among Saudi Arabian female EFL learners at university level
… b) to explore the attitudes of one teacher and 16 Saudi EFL learners toward TBLT, and c) to examine the effect of TBLT on developing learners' oral language proficiency based on the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) measurement. Many previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness …