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- Title
Speech and Articulation Rates of Speaking Fluency by Yemeni EFL Learners.
- Authors
Salam Al-Ghazali, Abeer Mohammed Qaid
- Abstract
This paper aims at investigating the speech and articulation rates in the speech of the Yemeni learners of English. Previous studies on speaking fluency show that there is a relationship between speech and articulation rates on one side and speaking fluency on the other; the higher the rates, the higher the fluency level (Jong & Perfetti, 2011; Kormos & Denes, 2004; Cucchiarini, et al., 2002; Riggenbach, 1991). This study was conducted at the English Language Department, Faculty of Education, Taiz University on twenty EFL learners attending the fourth year. The participants were recorded narrating the events of a short silent video immediately after watching it. Data were analyzed quantitatively. The findings showed that the learners' speech contains slow speech and articulation rates. The study recommends that the EFL teachers should intentionally give more practice on speeding in order to remove the long silent pauses and, on the other hand, the teachers should draw the learners' attention to lessen their long silent pauses and therefore improve their speech and articulation rates.
- Subjects
YEMENIS; ENGLISH speeches, addresses, etc.; ARTICULATION (Speech); FLUENCY (Language learning); ENGLISH language
- Publication
Language in India, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article