A Review Study on the Enhancement of Oral Fluency in L2: An Investigation into Processes and Didactics

Authors

  • Bachiri Housseine Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Tangier (FSTT), Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53057/linfo/2022.4.1.2

Keywords:

Oral fluency, Acquisition, Cognitive skills, Expression, EFL learners

Abstract

This paper principally endeavors to grant a thorough understanding of the cognitive and expressive mechanisms perpetually involved in the production of speech. It must be noted that oral fluency has proven to be one of the major skills that almost all EFL learners strive to achieve through conscious mental efforts and constant exposure. Oral fluency is then a cognitive process that requires the learner to use their meta-cognitive skills to both enhance the effectiveness and flow of speech, and simultaneously avoid speech errors.

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Published

2022-03-23

How to Cite

Housseine, B. (2022). A Review Study on the Enhancement of Oral Fluency in L2: An Investigation into Processes and Didactics. Linguistic Forum - A Journal of Linguistics, 4(1), 4–7. https://doi.org/10.53057/linfo/2022.4.1.2