Exploring EFL fluency in Asia / edited by Theron Muller, University of Toyama, Japan ; Philip Shigeo Brown, Konan Women's University, Japan ; John Adamson, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan ; Steven Herder, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan.

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Book

Contributor:

Muller, Theron, 1977- editor.

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Asia.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

Fluency (Language learning).

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Asia.

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1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]

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Contents:

An Introduction to Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia; Theron Muller and Philip Shigeo Brown

PART I: FLUENCY IN CURRICULUM

1. Developing Fluency; I. S. P. Nation

2. Employing a Fluency-Based Approach to Teach the TOEFL iBT: An Action Research Project; Steven Herder and Gregory Sholdt

3. Scaffolding Participating, Agencing Friending and Fluencing; Tim Murphey

4. Fluency through Attitude Change; Andrew Finch

5. A Lexicogrammatical Approach to Fluency; Jason Peppard

PART II: SPEAKING FLUENCY

6. Addressing Spoken Fluency in the Classroom; Steven Kirk

7. An Exploration of Effective Teaching Approaches for Enhancing the Oral Fluency of EFL Students; Sakae Onoda

8. The Influence of Intentional Reasoning on EFL Fluency Using Tasks; Tomohito Ishikawa

PART III: WRITING FLUENCY

9. Implementing and Evaluating Free Writing in a Japanese EFL Classroom; Theron Muller

10. Assessing Fluency: A Framework for Spoken and Written Output; Sue Fraser

11. Recent Developments in Writing Fluency Measurement; Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif

PART IV: READING FLUENCY

12. Building Fluency with Extensive Reading; Rob Waring

13. Extensive Reading and Students' Academic Achievement: A case study; Mu He

14. Improving Reading Fluency: An Investigation into Timed Reading; Andrew Atkins

15. Improving Fluency in EFL Reading Comprehension in Adolescents with Learning Difficulties; Carol Goldfus

PART V: LISTENING FLUENCY

16. Developing Listening Fluency in Asian EFL Settings; Michael Rost

17. How Can We Enhance EFL Learners' Listening Fluency? Teaching Connected Speech to Japanese University Students Using Songs; Junko Matsuzaki Carreira

18. Does Autonomous Listening Increase Fluency?; Ya-Chin Tsai.

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9781137449405

1137449403

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99962510120

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