LINGUISTIC DIMENSIONS OF COMPREHENSIBILITY AND PERCEIVED FLUENCY: AN INVESTIGATION OF COMPLEXITY, ACCURACY, AND FLUENCY IN SECOND LANGUAGE ARGUMENTATIVE SPEECH

• Published in: Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 143 - 167
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Shungo, Kormos, Judit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Accuracy; Argumentation; Articulation (Speech); Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Correlation; English; English (Second Language); English as a second language; English as a second language learning; Evaluation; Fluency; Grammar; Inferences; Intelligibility; Interrater Reliability; Japanese; Japanese language; Language Fluency; Language Processing; Language Tests; Linguistic Competence; Linguistics; Native Language; Native Speakers; Pauses; Perceptions; Persuasive Discourse; Phrase Structure; Prediction; Predictor Variables; Principal components analysis; Pronunciation; Psycholinguistics; Rating Scales; Research Needs; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Speaking; Speech Communication; Speech Skills; Student Evaluation; Validity
• ISSN: 0272-2631; 1470-1545
• DOI: 10.1017/S0272263119000421

This study examined the linguistic dimensions of comprehensibility and perceived fluency in the context of L2 argumentative speech elicited from 40 Japanese-speaking learners of English. Their speaking performance was judged by 10 inexperienced native speakers of English for comprehensibility and pe...