Language acquisition during a stay abroad period following formal instruction: temporal effects on oral fluency development

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• dc.contributor.author Valls Ferrer, Margalidaca
• dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Traducció i Ciències del llenguatgeca
• dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-11T02:11:30Z
• dc.date.available 2012-07-11T02:11:30Z
• dc.date.issued 2010-01-20T13:45:22Zca
• dc.date.modified 2012-07-10T07:27:36Zca
• dc.description.abstract This study investigates the development of fluency in 30 advanced L2 learners of English over a period of 15 months. In order to measure fluency, several temporal variables and hesitation phenomena are analyzed and compared. Oral competence is assessed by means of an oral interview carried out by the learners. Data collection takes place at three different times: before (T1) and after (T2) a six-month period of FI (80 hours) in the home university, and after a three-month SA term (T3). The data is analyzed quantitatively. Developmental gains in fluency are measured for the whole period, adopting a view of complementarity between the two learning contexts. From these results, a group of high fluency speakers is identified. Correlations between fluency gains and individual and contextual variables are executed and a more qualitative analysis is performed for high fluency speakers' performance and behavior. Results show an overall development of students' oral fluency during a period of 15 months favored by the combination of a period of FI at home followed by a 3-months SA.ca
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• dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2072/43320ca
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/5520
• dc.language.iso engca
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• dc.subject.other Llenguatge i llengües -- Adquisicióca
• dc.subject.other Comunicació oralca
• dc.subject.other Llengua segona -- Adquisicióca
• dc.title Language acquisition during a stay abroad period following formal instruction: temporal effects on oral fluency developmentca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/articleca