“Is fluency being ‘neglected’ in the classroom?” – Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli and Dr Ann-Marie Hunter

“… we know very little about how teachers understand L2 fluency and in what ways their understanding of fluency interacts with their classroom practices. This is a gap the current study aims to help fill.”

– Tavakoli and Hunter (331)

This study examines second language (L2) teachers’ understanding of speech fluency and their self-reported classroom practices for promoting it.

Tavakoli and Hunter’s article is a must-read for those who are considering second language teaching, and it can be downloaded here.