Näkökulmia vieraskielisen puheen sujuvuuden tutkimukseen

Kirjoittajat

• Pauliina Peltonen

Avainsanat:

sujuvuus, soveltava kielitiede, vuorovaikutus, multimodaalisuus

Abstrakti

Second language (L2) speech fluency is an essential component of oral proficiency and a key goal for language learners. In the past 30 years, research on L2 speech fluency has increased considerably, and recent meta-analyses of L2 speech fluency research attest to the vitality of the field. While L2 speech fluency has traditionally been associated with individual learners and has been analyzed based on audio speech samples, in this article, I present two current, alternative approaches to L2 speech fluency research: fluency in L2 interaction and speaker profiles.