Fluency and Its Teaching

by Guillot, Marie-Noelle

• ISBN13: 9781853594397
• ISBN10: 1853594393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-08
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Author Biography

Marie-Noelle Guillot is a Lecturer in French at the University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Fluency and Dictionary Definitions: A Stepping-Stone	p. 11
Informal Accounts of Fluency and Dictionary Definitions	p. 11
Fluency and Native Speech	p. 14
Fluency and Foreign Speech	p. 17
Fluency in the CCELD: A Special Case?	p. 19
Fluency Revisited	p. 24
Interlocutors' Perception of Fluency: Aspects and Interactional Impact	p. 27
Temporal/Sequential Flow and Perception of Fluency	p. 27
Individual Variations in the Perception of Fluency	p. 37
Negotiation of Fluency and the Learner	p. 40
Factors of Fluency: A Framework for Teaching/Learning	p. 47
Towards a Framework for FL Fluency: Viability and Efficiency in Interpersonal Performance	p. 47
Fluency and Language Learning	p. 57
Teaching Fluency	p. 61
Relativity and Negotiation in Verbal Interactions	p. 66
Investigating Data: Comparison of Extracts	p. 66
Implications of the Analyses for Learners	p. 86
Practical Applications: Examples, Rationale and Further Suggestions	p. 87
Pedagogical Considerations	p. 95
Discourse/Form Features of Verbal Fluency: Spontaneous Speech	p. 97
Preliminary Groundwork: Functions and Outcome	p. 98
Investigating Ad-lib Speech Data: Comparison of Radio Talk Samples (Transcriptions vs. Written Transpositions)	p. 102
Implications for Learners	p. 113
Practical Applications	p. 116
Discourse/Form Features of Verbal Fluency: Planned Speech	p. 127
Investigating Planned Speech Data: Academic Lecture vs. Written Text and Ad-lib Radio Talk	p. 127
Implications for Learners	p. 139
Practical Applications	p. 142
Paralinguistic Features and Fluency	p. 148
Investigating Data: Film Extract	p. 148
Implications for Learners	p. 162
Practical Applications	p. 164
Conclusion	p. 169
References	p. 171
Index	p. 178
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