Speaking fluency and use of multiword expressions are positively correlated, though the relationship was significant only at pretest¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
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Subclaims¶

q3 i3 Speech rate and use of multiword expressions were positively and significantly correlated at pretest across all 23 dialogues (r = .484). → Thomson 2017 q3 i? The posttest correlation and the correlation between gains in fluency and gains in multiword expression use fell short of significance. → Thomson 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Thomson 2017¶

Haidee Thomson. (2017). Building Speaking Fluency with Multiword Expressions. TESL Canada Journal/Revue TESL du Canada, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v34i3.1272

q3 · i3 · causal · r2

Correlational analysis across all 23 recorded dialogues regardless of group. The pretest correlation was significant at "r = .484 (p = .019)"; the posttest correlation was not significant.

"speech rate and use of multiword expressions were positively correlated in the pretest at r = .484 (p = .019), and in the posttest at r = .237 (but the latter correlation fell short of significance: p = .275)"

Thomson 2017 (2)¶

Haidee Thomson. (2017). Building Speaking Fluency with Multiword Expressions. TESL Canada Journal/Revue TESL du Canada, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v34i3.1272

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Correlation between pre-to-post gains in speech rate and gains in multiword expression use across the 23 dialogues. The correlation was positive but "fell short of significance, r = .31; p = .149".

"when the increase in fluency (speech rate) was related to the increase in the use of multiword expressions (regardless of group), a positive correlation was found, though this fell short of significance, r = .31; p = .149"

Discussion¶

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