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Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Theron Muller

    1. University of Toyama, Japan

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  2. John Adamson

    1. University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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  3. Philip Shigeo Brown

    1. Konan Women’s University, Japan

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  4. Steven Herder

    1. Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Philip Shigeo Brown, Theron Muller
      Pages 1-7

  3. Fluency in the Curriculum

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
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    2. Developing Fluency

      • Paul Nation
      Pages 11-25

    3. Employing a Fluency-Based Approach to Teach the TOEFL iBT: An Action Research Project

      • Steven Herder, Gregory Sholdt
      Pages 26-41

    4. Scaffolding Participating, Agencing Friending and Fluencing

      • Tim Murphey
      Pages 42-58

    5. Fluency through Attitude Change

      • Andrew Finch
      Pages 59-78

    6. A Lexicogrammatical Approach to Fluency

      • Jason Peppard
      Pages 79-97

  5. Writing Fluency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Implementing and Evaluating Free Writing in a Japanese EFL Classroom

      • Theron Muller
      Pages 163-177

    3. Assessing Fluency: A Framework for Spoken and Written Output

      • Sue Fraser
      Pages 178-195

    4. Recent Developments in Writing Fluency Measurement

      • Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif
      Pages 196-209
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In EFL contexts, an absence of chances to develop fluency in the language classroom can lead to marked limitations in English proficiency. This volume explores fluency development from a number of different perspectives, investigating measurements and classroom strategies for promoting its development.

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“The editors are to be commended for having engineered this interplay, and the evidence is plain to see that it was a worthwhile strategy. … they do an excellent job of revealing the range of perspectives on fluency and put these perspectives into a coherent framework within the wider field of language learning in general. The volume is more than the sum of its parts and constitutes essential reading for anyone involved with teaching in Asia.” (Michael Carroll, JALT Journal, Vol. 37 (2), November, 2015)


“This book compiles studies on four-skill fluency conducted in secondary, tertiary and experimental programmes in the Asian English as a foreign language EFL context. Its aim is to address students’ concerns with fluency and communicative efficiency. … This book presents a shift away from pre-defined fluency and opens up various ways to (re)think about fluency. ... In this wide-ranging book, researchers broaden what is a winning approach to fluency and fluency-research paradigms.” (Melissa H. Yu, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, April,2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Toyama, Japan

    Theron Muller

  • University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan

    John Adamson

  • Konan Women’s University, Japan

    Philip Shigeo Brown

  • Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan

    Steven Herder

About the editors

Muhammad M. M. Abdel Latif, Institute of Educational Studies, Cairo University, Egypt Andrew Atkins, Kinki University in Osaka, Japan Philip Shigeo Brown, Konan Women's University, Japan Junko Matsuzaki Carreira, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan Andrew Finch, Teachers' College of Kyungpook National University, Korea Sue Fraser, Seisen Jogakuin College and Shinshu University, Japan Carol Goldfus, Levinsky College of Education, Israel Mu He, Chongqing Normal University, P.R. China Steven Herder, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto, Japan Tomohito Ishikawa, Soka Women's College, Japan Steven Kirk, University of Tokyo, Japan Theron Muller, University of Toyama, Japan Tim Murphey, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Sakae Onoda, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Jason Peppard, Yamagata University, Japan Michael Rost, Teacher Trainer, USA Gregory Sholdt, Kobe University in Japan Ya-Chin Tsai, National Chiayi University, Taiwan Rob Waring, Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama, Japan.

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