The current study examined the extent to which cognitive fluency (CF) contributes to
utterance fluency (UF) at the level of constructs. A total of 128 Japanese-speaking learners …

This article brings to the fore trends in second language (L2) pronunciation research,
teaching, and assessment by highlighting the ways in which pronunciation instructional …

This Element reviews the key foundational concepts, beliefs, and practices underpinning
approaches to assessment in English Language Teaching. Exploring major concepts and …

Speaking is seen by language testers as the most difficult of the four language skills to
assess. Assessing speaking requires that we either observe a “live” oral performance or that …

This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world's leading scholars in second language
acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and …

As reflected in the concept of Global Englishes, English mediates global communication,
where English speakers represent not merely those from English-speaking countries like …

Speaking ability is regarded as among the essential aspects of language development. Oral
examination appeared challenging to evaluate due to the presence of human evaluators …

After an extended period of being on the periphery, numerous advancements in the field of
second language (L2) pronunciation over the past decade have led to increased activity and …

Published in Language Learning in 1995, Munro and Derwing's* investigation of foreign
accent, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in second language (L2) speech instigated …

Automatic second language (L2) speech fluency assessment has been one of the ultimate
goals of several projects aiming at designing Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training …