Task-based language teaching is an approach which differs from traditional approaches by
emphasising the importance of engaging learners' natural abilities for acquiring language …

Given that 10 years have passed since the publication of the most recent synthesis of
proficiency assessment standards, the present review revisits proficiency assessment …

In most forms of second language instruction, the learning of grammar starts as both
declarative and explicit. The role of practice in getting to a sufficiently high level of …

This article considers the construct of fluency in second language assessment and how it
might be informed by research in applied linguistics. It briefly describes the way fluency is …

Second Language Task-Based Performance is the first book to synthesize Peter Skehan's
theoretical and empirical contributions all in one place. With three distinct themes explored …

Recent research in second language acquisition suggests that a number of speed,
breakdown, repair, and composite measures reliably assess fluency and predict proficiency …

This article reports on a study examining second language (L2) teachers' understanding of
speech fluency and their self-reported classroom practices for promoting it. Qualitative and …

The relationship between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and foreign language enjoyment
(FLE) experienced during a creative collaborative oral English-as-a-foreign-language task …

The study reported in this paper challenges current models of measuring second language
fluency by comparing monologic versus dialogic task performance, and providing a novel …

This study examined the relationship between oral fluency and use of multiword sequences
(MWSs) across four proficiency levels (Low B1 to C1 of the Common European Framework …