Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia [electronic resource] /
Muller, T.editor.
Adamson, J.editor.
Brown, P.editor.
Herder, S.editor.
In EFL contexts, an absence of chances to develop fluency in the language classroom can lead to marked limitations in English proficiency. This volume explores fluency development from a number of different perspectives, investigating measurements and classroom strategies for promoting its development.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Fluency in the Curriculum; 1 Developing Fluency; 2 Employing a Fluency-Based Approach to Teach the TOEFL iBT: An Action Research Project; 3 Scaffolding Participating, Agencing Friending and Fluencing; 4 Fluency through Attitude Change; 5 A Lexicogrammatical Approach to Fluency; Part II: Speaking Fluency; 6 Addressing Spoken Fluency in the Classroom; 7 An Exploration of Effective Teaching Approaches for Enhancing the Oral Fluency of EFL Students
8 The Influence of Intentional Reasoning on EFL Fluency Using TasksPart III: Writing Fluency; 9 Implementing and Evaluating Free Writing in a Japanese EFL Classroom; 10 Assessing Fluency: A Framework for Spoken and Written Output; 11 Recent Developments in Writing Fluency Measurement; Part IV: Reading Fluency; 12 Building Fluency with Extensive Reading; 13 Extensive Reading and Students' Academic Achievement: A Case Study; 14 Improving Reading Fluency: An Investigation into Timed Reading; 15 Improving Fluency in EFL Reading Comprehension in Adolescents with Learning Difficulties
Part V: Listening Fluency16 Developing Listening Fluency in Asian EFL Settings; 17 How Can We Enhance EFL Learners' Listening Fluency? Teaching Connected Speech to Japanese University Students Using Songs; 18 Does Autonomous Listening Increase Fluency?; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
In EFL contexts, an absence of chances to develop fluency in the language classroom can lead to marked limitations in English proficiency. This volume explores fluency development from a number of different perspectives, investigating measurements and classroom strategies for promoting its development.
Language and education.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Teaching.
Sociolinguistics.
Language Education.
Language Teaching.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Sociolinguistics.