The Fluency Way: a proposed lesson guide for oral English proficiency¶

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 review), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The Fluency Way is a prototype lesson guide the researcher formulated from the study's synthesized themes to encourage language fluency. It targets "Freshmen tertiary L2 students (30-60 students per class)" in 50-90 minute classes, with objectives of gaining speaking confidence, communicating effectively with limited vocabulary, and practicing English through dialogues and role-plays. The article states "The lesson guide can be utilized best in both the Direct Method and the Communicative Language Teaching Method."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers need cultural competence, defined as awareness of the difference between high context and low context culture, to use the method

Constraints¶

• The article states there is room for further improvement and research on the guide

Target Learners¶

• freshmen tertiary L2 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• confidence in speaking a second language
• effective communication with limited vocabulary
• practice through dialogues, role-plays and interactive activities

Claims¶

• Meaningful L2 learning is achieved through a conducive environment and authentic tasks and materials [+W]
• Fluency can have a high effect on accuracy, whereas accuracy will not lead to fluency [+W]
• Learner-centeredness is a universal theme across SLA theories and language teaching methods [+W]
• A learner's mother language affects second language acquisition, particularly in production of absent sounds [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Faramarz Samifanni. (2020). The Fluency Way: A Functional Method for Oral Communication. English Language Teaching, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v13n3p100