Posttest FS use correlates with fluency: r = 0.54 with speech rate and r = 0.28 with mean length of run¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2 · i2 medium
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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Across all participants, posttest FS/S correlated r = 0.54 with speech rate (a large effect) and r = 0.28 with mean length of run (a medium effect). → Michael McGuire & Jenifer Larson-Hall 2017

Evidence¶

Michael McGuire & Jenifer Larson-Hall 2017¶

Michael McGuire & Jenifer Larson-Hall. (2017). Teaching Formulaic Sequences in the Classroom: Effects on Spoken Fluency. TESL Canada Journal/Revue TESL du Canada, 34(3), 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v34i3.1271

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Correlational analysis of posttest data from all 19 participants examined whether increased FS use related to fluency. The authors call r = 0.28 a medium-size effect and r = 0.54 a large effect, concluding FS use "plays a moderate role" in fluency.

"The correlation for all participants between FS/S and MLR is r = 0.28, and the correlation between FS/S and SR is r = 0.54."

Discussion¶

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