12. Synthesising Approaches to Second Language Fluency: Implications and Future Directions

Lintunen, Pekka; Mutta, Maarit; Peltonen, Pauliina

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“…The findings of the present study also have implications for L2 teaching (see also Lintunen et al 2020;Peltonen 2023). In L2 classrooms, students' attention could be drawn to the fact that WSs are common in both L1 and L2 interaction.…”

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Word searches and fluency during problem-solving tasks: a mixed-methods study of L1 Finnish and L2 English interaction

Peltonen,

Lintunen

2024

AFinLA

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Word searches (WSs) have been widely studied in L1 and L2 interaction but have rarely been combined with fluency research. The present study bridges the gap between these research fields by examining WSs and their connections to fluency in L1 and L2 dialogue data. From a larger project, 50 participants’ dialogues (25 L1 Finnish, 25 L2 English) were analyzed for WSs. The mixed-methods analyses focused on potential differences and connections in WS use across the L1 and L2 dialogues and the connections between WSs and fluency among selected participants. The results demonstrated differences especially in the use of solitary WSs across L1 and L2 and some connections between L1 and L2 WSs among individual participants, despite group-level connections not being statistically significant. The qualitative analyses illustrated the potential fluency-enhancing functions of collaborative WSs. The study has implications for L2 speech fluency research and L2 teaching.

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Word searches and fluency during problem-solving tasks: a mixed-methods study of L1 Finnish and L2 English interaction

Peltonen,

Lintunen

2024

AFinLA

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“…For instance, due to the relatively low proficiency level in Swedish, G1 could have spent their attentional resources mostly on accuracy rather than fluency. efficiently to fill in silences and to maintain fluency (see also Lintunen et al, 2020;Peltonen, 2020).…”

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Multilingual speakers’ L1, L2, and L3 fluency across languages: A study of Finnish, Swedish, and English

Peltonen¹,

Lintunen²

2022

Nordand

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The present study provides a multilingual perspective on speech fluency by examining fluency across first language (L1), second language (L2), and third language (L3) productions in Finnish, Swedish and English among L1 Finnish (Group 1, G1) and Finnish-Swedish bilingual (Group 2, G2) university students in Finland. The two research questions focused on differences in speech fluency across the three languages between the groups and correlations across speech fluency measures in the different languages. 90 speech samples in Finnish (L1), Swedish (L1/L3), and English (L2) from 30 participants were analyzed in the present study. The speech samples consist of short picture narrations based on comic strip prompts. The fluency analyses focused on temporal fluency and stalling mechanisms. The data were analyzed quantitatively with Mann-Whitney Utests and Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficients. The results demonstrated minor differences between the groups in their Finnish (L1) and English (L2) productions, but a higher level of fluency in Swedish for G2 (their L1) than G1 (their L3). For G1, the correlations were strongest between their L1 Finnish and L2 English, whereas for G2, mostly moderate to strong correlations were found between the different language pairs. The results suggest connections in fluency across the languages in a multilingual speaker's repertoire, but the strength of the correlations varies depending on the participants' L1(s) and proficiency level in the additional languages. Based on the findings, further research on fluency among multilingual speakers is needed. The results have implications for L2 teaching and assessment.

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“…Generally, this study responds to the recent call for enquiries contributing to the understanding of complex relationship between affective dimensions of an L2 learner and their L2 speech (cf. Lintunen et al, 2020;Simard et al, 2023).…”

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Zooming into the L2 Speech Fluency Markers of Anxious and Non-Anxious Advanced L2 Learners – an Extreme Case Sampling Report

Szyszka,

Lintunen

2023

RiL

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The study examines selected temporal markers of L2 utterance fluency in the speech of advanced L2 learners who exhibit high (HLA) and low (LLA) language anxiety levels. Out of the pool of 59 participants, six HLA and six LLA individuals were selected for an in-depth analysis on the basis of their scores on the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (the FLCAS) (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986). Speech samples from a monologue task were examined for selected L2 utterance fluency measures: filled (FP) and silent pause (SP) frequency, mean length of silent pause (MLSP), articulation rate (AR), speech rate (SR), and mean length of run (MLR). The results provided insights into the L2 speech fluency profiles of anxious and non-anxious individuals. The analysis disclosed relatively higher frequency and disparate application of FPs, slower speed of speech, and more varied profiles in MLR in the HLA group as compared to the LLA group. The findings yield pedagogical and methodological implications.

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12. Synthesising Approaches to Second Language Fluency: Implications and Future Directions

Cited by 4 publications

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Word searches and fluency during problem-solving tasks: a mixed-methods study of L1 Finnish and L2 English interaction

Word searches and fluency during problem-solving tasks: a mixed-methods study of L1 Finnish and L2 English interaction

Multilingual speakers’ L1, L2, and L3 fluency across languages: A study of Finnish, Swedish, and English

Zooming into the L2 Speech Fluency Markers of Anxious and Non-Anxious Advanced L2 Learners – an Extreme Case Sampling Report

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