Building fluency

Oral communication

Provide students proficiency Improves communicative competence A connection between word recognition and

comprehension

Oral communication to develop fluency consists of several important components

PronunciationTeaching supra segmentalCombination of approaches

‘’To build up fluency Students need constantexposure and practice’’

Morley (1991) 3 modes of practice

ImitationRehearsalExtemporaneous speech

Increase rate of speaking Hesitation falls Eliminate redundant words Think too much efficiency

1. Fluency practice Selection of topics Feedback given at the end by the listeners Peer correction Limited interference from the teacher

2. Oral reading Learners build specific skills They focused mainly on voice quality Proves listening comprehension

3. Dialogue (reduced forms) For understanding reduced forms

PronunciationVoice qualityConfidence

Sufficient practiceFocus on pronunciationAssessment, monitoring

Appropriate materialsAdapt of material