Speech Fluency Production and Perception in L1 (Slovak) and L2 (English) Read Speech

• Published in: Language and speech Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 36 - 62
• Main Authors: Mareková, Lucia, Beňuš, Štefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2025; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Clauses; College students; English as a second language instruction; Female; Fluency; Humans; Language Proficiency; Male; Multilingualism; Pauses; Perception/production relationship; Perceptions; Phonetics; Reading; Second language learning; Slovak language; Slovakia; Speaking; Speech; Speech Acoustics; Speech Perception; Speech production; Speech Production Measurement; Speech rate; Speech styles; Spontaneous speech; Voice Quality; Young Adult; Slovakia; Speech fluency; L1 versus L2 fluency; speech production versus speech perception

Research on fluency in native (L1) and non-native (L2) speech production and perception helps us understand how individual L1 speaking style might affect perceived L2 fluency and how this relationship might be reflected in L1 versus L2 oral assessment. While the relationship between production and p...