Topic: Fluency

What is Fluency?

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Fluency
• is also called volubility or eloquency (fluent or persuasive speaking or
writing)
• Naturalness, smoothness or flow.
• is the ability to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and
accurately.
• Fluency is defined as the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and
proper expression.
• is characterized by the ready and continous flow of words.
• Language fluency is one of a variety of terms used to characterize or
measure a person's language ability, often used in conjunction with
accuracy and complexity.
• someone is typically said to be fluent if their use of the language appears
fluid, or natural, coherent, and easy as opposed to slow, halting use.
• In other words, fluency is often described as the ability to produce language
on demand and be understood.
• Theories of automaticity postulate that more fluent language users can
manage all of the components of language use without paying attention to
each individual component of the act.
• In other words, fluency is achieved when one can access their language
knowledge and produce language unconsciously, or automatically or the one
accquire the langugae.
• It is possible, for example, for a fluent speaker of a language to be illiterate.
4 Types

• Reading: the ability to easily read and understand texts

written in the language
• Writing: the ability to formulate written texts in the
language;
• Speaking: the ability to produce speech in the language
and be understood by its speakers.
• Listening comprehension: the ability to follow and
understand speech in the language
• Reading comprehension: the level of understanding of
text/messages.
Example

• When we speak in our mother tongue.

Why fluency is important?

• It enables students to increase their level of

comprehension, expand their vocabulary, and complete
communication tasks more expediently (something done
quickly or efficientl).
• Students who are not fluent may have difficulty decoding
words, recognizing words, and distinguishing meaningful
chunks.
• In essence, they are often not able to derive meaning
because their focus is on decode or translating the words,
rather than the message conveyed by the text.
ways to acquire

• sentaence mining rather memorising vocabulary.

• Direct Language Learning
• The children spoke automatically because they were
learning everything in their native language.
• Learning Through Translation
• I’d hesitate and think before speaking because I was
learning everything
• through English.
• Contextual, Natural Fluency Training
• The children were immersed in the language, learning everything as one
complete system.
• Memorization of Language Units.
• Focus On Conversational Speech
• The children learn the everyday, spoken language, and how to
communicate naturally.
• Focus On Formal Reading and Writing
• learning the formal language of textbooks.
• Learning With Real, Native Examples
• The children developed listening skills and great pronunciation by
learning from native speakers.
• Learning With Artificial Lessons
• Slow lessons didn’t help to understand fast native speakers, or develop
smooth, natural pronunciation.