The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context

Lexical Fluency Units (LFUs) are strings of words that act like single items in language users’ mental lexicon. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in analyzing them in learners’ speech and classifying them into different types (Ushigusa 2008, Wood 2012). The literature in this parti...

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Main Authors:	Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh, Mellati, Morteza, Mehdizadeh, Mostafa
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/1/10244-33905-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-97122016-12-14T06:50:37Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/ The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh Mellati, Morteza Mehdizadeh, Mostafa Lexical Fluency Units (LFUs) are strings of words that act like single items in language users’ mental lexicon. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in analyzing them in learners’ speech and classifying them into different types (Ushigusa 2008, Wood 2012). The literature in this particular field of study stated that the higher use of lexical fluency units might lead to the higher score on tests of oral English proficiency; therefore, the present study investigated the relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency (TF), and proficiency. To conduct the study, forty Iranian EFL teachers with TOEFL scores above 570 were chosen. To ensure that they have acquired competency in communication by which they can be employed as an instructor in the real context, they took an Oral English Proficiency Test (OEPT). Then, the sounds recorded from OEPT were analysed by PRRAT and Transcriber software and the transcripts of their responses were also analysed for detection of lexical fluency units (LFUs). Results indicated that teachers who incorporated more LFUs in their speech had higher TF ratio and consequently higher proficiency score. The interpretations and implementations are also discussed. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/1/10244-33905-1-PB.pdf Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh and Mellati, Morteza and Mehdizadeh, Mostafa (2016) The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 22 (1). pp. 111-125. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l
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description	Lexical Fluency Units (LFUs) are strings of words that act like single items in language users’ mental lexicon. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in analyzing them in learners’ speech and classifying them into different types (Ushigusa 2008, Wood 2012). The literature in this particular field of study stated that the higher use of lexical fluency units might lead to the higher score on tests of oral English proficiency; therefore, the present study investigated the relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency (TF), and proficiency. To conduct the study, forty Iranian EFL teachers with TOEFL scores above 570 were chosen. To ensure that they have acquired competency in communication by which they can be employed as an instructor in the real context, they took an Oral English Proficiency Test (OEPT). Then, the sounds recorded from OEPT were analysed by PRRAT and Transcriber software and the transcripts of their responses were also analysed for detection of lexical fluency units (LFUs). Results indicated that teachers who incorporated more LFUs in their speech had higher TF ratio and consequently higher proficiency score. The interpretations and implementations are also discussed.
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author	Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh Mellati, Morteza Mehdizadeh, Mostafa
spellingShingle	Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh Mellati, Morteza Mehdizadeh, Mostafa The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
author_facet	Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh Mellati, Morteza Mehdizadeh, Mostafa
author_sort	Yazdeli, Javad Rezazadeh
title	The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
title_short	The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
title_full	The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
title_fullStr	The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
title_full_unstemmed	The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context
title_sort	relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in iranian efl context
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9712/1/10244-33905-1-PB.pdf
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The relationship between lexical fluency, temporal fluency, and language proficiency in Iranian EFL context

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