Predicting L2-Spanish fluency from L1-English fluency and L2 proficiency: A conceptual replication
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This study conceptually replicated Huensch and Tracy-Ventura’s (2017) analysis of the relationship between L1 and L2 utterance fluency with adult L1-English learners of Spanish. Data from 88 participants were analyzed to explore the proportion of the variance in L2 fluency measures that can be attributed to the corresponding L1 measures, and the relative weights of L1 fluency and L2 proficiency as predictors of L2 fluency. This study applied the same fluency and proficiency constructs and operationalizations as the original study, but differed in task type and learners’ L2 proficiency. Results were most similar for speed and repair frequency, and for silent pause duration. Findings concerning silent and filled pause frequency differed. Combined, the studies show that some L1-L2 fluency relationships are relatively stable across proficiency levels, task type, and learning context.
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Pérez Castillejo and Urzua-Parra (2023) replicated Huensch and Tracy-Ventura's findings for speed and repair fluency measures, as well as silent pause duration, but results concerning silent and filled pause frequency were different.
“Huensch and Tracy-Ventura's (2017) findings were replicated for speed and repair fluency measures, as well as silent pause duration, but the results concerning silent and filled pause frequency were different (Pérez Castillejo & Urzua-Parra, 2023).”
From The impact of L1 speaking style, task mode, and L2 proficiency on L2 fluency: A within-subject study of monologic and dialogic speech (2025) · cites this paper as Pérez Castillejo & Urzua-Parra, 2023
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“…emerge early on and remain stable with increasing L2 proficiency, while other aspects may be more prone to task type and proficiency level effects (Pérez Castillejo & Urzua-Parra, 2023), echoing Derwing et al. ’ s (2009) suggestion that some aspects of fluency may be more traitlike and others…”
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- Authors
- Pérez Castillejo, S., & Urzua-Parra, K.
- Affiliations
- University of St. Thomas - Minnesota (US)
- Venue
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2023-01-09
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1090-1103
- ISSN
- 0272-2631 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1545
- OpenAlex
- W4313891265
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 6.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Keywords
- utterance fluency, second language proficiency, Spanish as a second language, English-speaking learners, conceptual replication, repair frequency, filled pauses, speech rate, task type, adult language learners
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