We propose a new framework for conceptualizing measures of instructed second language
(L2) pronunciation performance according to three sets of parameters:(a) the constructs …

This article surveys how complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) have been operationalized
in studies of task-based L2 production, pointing out some problems with this approach and …

Anglophone students abroad: Identity, social relationships and language learning presents
the findings of a major study of British students of French and Spanish undertaking …

Listener‐based judgements of fluency play an important role in second language (L2)
communication contexts and in L2 assessment. Accordingly, our meta‐analysis examined …

This study examines the relationship between the repetition of oral monologue tasks and
immediate gains in L2 fluency. It considers the effect of aural-oral task repetition on speech …

The current study investigated linguistic influences on comprehensibility (ease of
understanding) and accentedness (linguistic nativelikeness) in second language (L2) …

This study examined the linguistic dimensions of comprehensibility and perceived fluency in
the context of L2 argumentative speech elicited from 40 Japanese-speaking learners of …

The current project aimed to investigate the potentially different linguistic correlates of
comprehensibility (ie, ease of understanding) and accentedness (ie, linguistic …

In contrast to complexity and accuracy, which may pertain to oral and written second
language L2 performance, fluency is first and foremost a measure of spoken language, even …

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 …