Rhythm-shadowing training produced measurable improvements in mean length of run and pause ratio as fluency indicators¶

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q2 i? Two quasi-experimental studies reported that learners practicing rhythm-shadowing showed measurable improvements in mean length of run and pause ratio. → Nguyen Phuong Bao Tran 2025

Evidence¶

Nguyen Phuong Bao Tran 2025¶

Nguyen Phuong Bao Tran, Tran Ngoc Bao Chau, Nguyen Minh Tan. (2025). Music-mediated Pedagogy to Boost Efl Students' Listening Engagement and Fluency in Emi Contexts: A Scoping Review (2015–2025). F1000Research. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170296.1

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The review reports two quasi-experimental studies of rhythm-shadowing (speaking in synchrony with a metronome or tapping beat); improvements in "mean length of run and pause ratio" are described as measurable but no effect sizes are printed.

"two quasi-experimental studies ( Cancer et al., 2022; Trofimovich & Gatbonton, 2006) reported that learners who engaged in rhythm-shadowing—speaking in synchrony with a metronome or tapping beat—demonstrated measurable improvements in mean length of run and pause ratio, both indicators of fluency."

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