The moderating role of L2 proficiency in the predictive power of L1 fluency on L2 utterance fluency

• Published in: Language testing Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 73 - 99
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Shungo, Kormos, Judit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2025; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Audiolingual Methods; Content and Language Integrated Learning; English as a second language learning; English as a second language tests; Factor Analysis; Fluency; Japanese language; Language proficiency; Linguistics; Morphosyntax; Phonological complexity; Processing speed; Second Language Learning; Speech Evaluation; Ukrainian; L1 fluency; Cognitive fluency; L2 proficiency; L2 fluency; speed fluency; speaking style

The current study examined the extent to which first language (L1) utterance fluency measures can predict second language (L2) fluency and how L2 proficiency moderates the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency. A total of 104 Japanese-speaking learners of English completed different argumentative s...