Fluency
Baker-Smemoe, Dewey, Brown, and Martinsen's article "Does Measuring L2 Utterance Fluency Equal Measuring Overall L2 Proficiency? Evidence From Five Languages" in Foreign Language Annals 47-7 (Winter 2014), 707-728 reports that "Incrememental improvements in L2 proficiency did occurr with concomitant changes in L2 utterance fluency for two of the measures (faster speech rate and longer run length). These two measures also predicted L2 proficiency in general."
In each of the following activities students self-report or their partners record their fluency (number of sentences said in a specific time period). Each activity has a fluency form.
Modern/ World Languages - Uses drawings, not words.
Modern Language Beach -1 Role Play Speaking Converse as 1 of 2 people in 10 drawings about the beac
Modern Language City -1 Role Play Pair Speaking Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 10 drawings about the city
Modern Language Multiple Sentences Board Game Small Group Speaking Say 1-6 sentences at a time using common actions in a board game
Modern Language Restaurant -1 Role Play 4 Students Speaking Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 8 drawings about a restaurant
Modern Language School-1 Role Play -Partners Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 8 drawings about school
Modern Language Speaking: Story Telling (Brown Bag) - Small Group Make up a story by connecting various random images
Modern Language Spontaneous Speaking Visual Game - Partner Speaking Say as many sentences as possible using visuals
Spanish
Spanish Answering Oral Questions Review 1 - Partner Talk Answer 10 questions with a time period
Spanish Answer Oral Questions Review 2-Partner Talk Answer 10 questions with a time period
Spanish School In-Depth Speed Interview-Partner Talk Do 4 school interviews of 10 questions each
Spanish Family Indepth Speed Interviews- Partner Talk Do 4 Family Interviews of 10 questions each
Spanish Question Words Speed-Asking Partner Speaking Ask many different question word questions about a topic
Spanish Sports/Activities In-depth Speed Datings (Pairs) Answer ten questions about sports
Baker-Smemoe, Dewey, Brown, and Martinsen's article "Does Measuring L2 Utterance Fluency Equal Measuring Overall L2 Proficiency? Evidence From Five Languages" in Foreign Language Annals 47-7 (Winter 2014), 707-728 reports that "Incrememental improvements in L2 proficiency did occurr with concomitant changes in L2 utterance fluency for two of the measures (faster speech rate and longer run length). These two measures also predicted L2 proficiency in general."
In each of the following activities students self-report or their partners record their fluency (number of sentences said in a specific time period). Each activity has a fluency form.
Modern/ World Languages - Uses drawings, not words.
Modern Language Beach -1 Role Play Speaking Converse as 1 of 2 people in 10 drawings about the beac
Modern Language City -1 Role Play Pair Speaking Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 10 drawings about the city
Modern Language Multiple Sentences Board Game Small Group Speaking Say 1-6 sentences at a time using common actions in a board game
Modern Language Restaurant -1 Role Play 4 Students Speaking Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 8 drawings about a restaurant
Modern Language School-1 Role Play -Partners Converse as 1 of 4 persons in 8 drawings about school
Modern Language Speaking: Story Telling (Brown Bag) - Small Group Make up a story by connecting various random images
Modern Language Spontaneous Speaking Visual Game - Partner Speaking Say as many sentences as possible using visuals
Spanish
Spanish Answering Oral Questions Review 1 - Partner Talk Answer 10 questions with a time period
Spanish Answer Oral Questions Review 2-Partner Talk Answer 10 questions with a time period
Spanish School In-Depth Speed Interview-Partner Talk Do 4 school interviews of 10 questions each
Spanish Family Indepth Speed Interviews- Partner Talk Do 4 Family Interviews of 10 questions each
Spanish Question Words Speed-Asking Partner Speaking Ask many different question word questions about a topic
Spanish Sports/Activities In-depth Speed Datings (Pairs) Answer ten questions about sports