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Myles, Florence – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how complexity, accuracy and fluency interact in early L2 development, when learners' linguistic means are underdeveloped. Learners then resort to rote-learned formulaic sequences to complement their current grammar when it is unable to meet their communicative needs. The interplay between their…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, Synchronous Communication
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Tonkyn, Alan Paul – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This paper reports a case study of the nature and extent of progress in speaking skills made by a group of upper intermediate instructed learners, and also assessors' perceptions of that progress. Initial and final interview data were analysed using several measures of Grammatical and Lexical Complexity, Language Accuracy and Fluency. These…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning