Exploring the construct of interactional oral fluency: Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing approaches

摘要: This exploratory study pursues the construct of interactional oral fluency during peer interaction by (a) investigating raters' perceptions (verbal protocol) and comparing them with those of individual performance,(b) examining the rated scores (Likert-scale) in two performance conditions using empirically-based scales that were newly developed based on the verbal protocol data, and (c) conducting correlation and regression analyses with the rated scores and the temporal aspects of speeches (pruned and unpruned speech rates). By …