Lexical access as a predictor of oral fluency
Description
The present study investigates the role lexical access plays in the oral fluency of intermediate second language (L2) learners. In order to do this, I utilized a picture-naming task (PNT) in the target language to assess lexical access and generated spontaneous L2 speech through two narration tasks to assess oral fluency. The response times from the PNT were correlated with the two fluency measures analyzed from the narration tasks, the frequency of filled pauses and the overall rate of speech. The results revealed that intermediate learners with faster PNT response times used fewer filled pauses in spontaneous L2 speech but did not reveal a significant relationship between intermediate learners' PNT response times and their rate of speech.
Date Created
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2017
Agent
- Author (aut): Carriere, Aaron S
- Thesis advisor (ths): Cerron-Palomino, Alvaro
- Committee member: Gradoville, Michael
- Committee member: Beaudrie, Sara
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University