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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Pekka Lintunen , Maarit Mutta , Pauliina PeltonenPublisher: Multilingual Matters Imprint: Multilingual Matters Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.509kg ISBN: 9781788926300ISBN 10: 1788926307 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 06 December 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Pekka Lintunen, Maarit Mutta and Pauliina Peltonen: Defining Fluency in L2 Learning and Use Chapter 2. Pekka Lintunen and Pauliina Peltonen: What is Fluency? Learner Perceptions of the Concept Chapter 3. Sanna Olkkonen and Maarit Mutta: Cognitive fluency in L2: What Inaccuracies Can Reveal about Processing and Proficiency Chapter 4. Joanna Anckar and Outi Veivo: Fluency in L2 Listening Chapter 5. Maarit Mutta: L2 Fluency and Writer Profiles Chapter 6. Niina Hynninen: Fluency in English as a Lingua Franca Interaction Chapter 7. Laura Kanto and Ulla-Maija Haapanen: Fluency in Sign Language Chapter 8. Pauliina Peltonen: Gestures as Fluency-enhancing Resources in L2 Interaction: A Case Study on Multimodal Fluency Chapter 9. Ari Huhta, Heini Kallio, Sari Ohranen and Riikka Ullakonoja: Fluency in Language Assessment Chapter 10. Leena Salmi: Fluency in Evaluating and Assessing Translations Chapter 11. Leena Maria Heikkola and Jenni Alisaari: The Effects of Songs on L2 Proficiency and Spoken Fluency: A Pedagogical Perspective Chapter 12. Pekka Lintunen, Maarit Mutta and Pauliina Peltonen: Synthesising Approaches to Second Language Fluency: Implications and Future DirectionsReviewsThis volume makes an extremely valuable contribution to fluency research. The chapters take refreshingly new perspectives on the topic and put forward innovative theoretical and methodological additions to the field. The volume is highly thought-provoking and extremely hard to put down. A must-read for every researcher interested in fluency. * Sandra Goetz, University of Giessen, Germany * This volume's strength rests in the coverage of multi-disciplinary perspectives that offer a comprehensive conceptualization of fluency. Based on reviews of theoretical frameworks and actual empirical findings, the discussion on fluency extends from SLA to areas, such as sign language and translation studies, where fluency research has been less prominent. It represents an invaluable source for students, teachers, and scholars who are interested in fluency as a multi-faceted phenomenon. * Slobodanka Dimova, University of Copenhagen, Denmark * This volume’s strength rests in the coverage of multi-disciplinary perspectives that offer a comprehensive conceptualization of fluency. Based on reviews of theoretical frameworks and actual empirical findings, the discussion on fluency extends from SLA to areas, such as sign language and translation studies, where fluency research has been less prominent. It represents an invaluable source for students, teachers, and scholars who are interested in fluency as a multi-faceted phenomenon. * Slobodanka Dimova, University of Copenhagen, Denmark * This volume makes an extremely valuable contribution to fluency research. The chapters take refreshingly new perspectives on the topic and put forward innovative theoretical and methodological additions to the field. The volume is highly thought-provoking and extremely hard to put down. A must-read for every researcher interested in fluency. * Sandra Götz, University of Giessen, Germany * This book provides a comprehensive and thoughtful collection of texts on L2 fluency by offering fresh perspectives from various fields including SLA, English as a lingua franca, gestures, sign language, and translation. -- Jimin Kahng, University of Mississippi, USA * Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 7:1 * The editors achieve their goal of presenting a panorama of L2 fluency with state-of-the-art disciplinary theories and context-dependent cutting-edge methodologies through reviewing the literature mostly generated in the last 20 years [...] Moreover, the monograph is well written with clarity and lucidity, intelligible for readers from a range of backgrounds and interests. -- Weiwei Zhang and Lawrence Jun Zhang, University of Auckland, New Zealand * Frontiers in Psychology, April 2021 * Author InformationPekka Lintunen is a Senior Lecturer in English, University of Turku, Finland and an Adjunct Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His main research field is L2 spoken language and pronunciation. Recently he has focused on the fluency and complexity of learner language, learner perceptions and beliefs, and informal language learning. Maarit Mutta is a Senior Lecturer in French, University of Turku, Finland and an Adjunct Professor in Foreign Language Learning, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research has mainly focused on online processes of writing, role of vocabulary in writing, writing fluency and writer profiles. Recently she has also studied informal language learning. Pauliina Peltonen is a Doctoral Student in the Department of English, University of Turku, Finland. In her doctoral dissertation, she examines the interplay between fluency and problem-solving mechanisms. She has also collaborated on papers focusing on intonation and fluency and pronunciation feedback. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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