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Debate as a Pedagogical Tool for Developing Speaking Skills in Second Language Education

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Abid el Majidi; Rick de Graaff; Daniel Janssen – Language Teaching Research, 2024

Many secondary school students' second language (L2) speaking skills suffer from deficiencies; the effects thereof are detrimental to their academic and career opportunities in a globalized world that highlights the importance of oral communication skills. Debate has been considered a potentially effective speaking pedagogical tool that can…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

The Effect of Syntactic Complexity on Fluency: Comparing Actives and Passives in L1 and L2 Speech

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Sadri Mirdamadi, Farhad; De Jong, Nivja H. – Second Language Research, 2015

This study investigates how syntactic complexity affects speaking performance in first (L1) and second language (L2) in terms of speaking fluency. Participants (30 Dutch native speakers with an average to advanced level of English) performed two speaking experiments, one in Dutch (L1) and one in English (L2). Syntactic complexity was…

Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Native Language