ACTFL OPIc question prompt and advanced Spanish fluency

Alan V. Brown; Gregory L. Thompson; Troy Cox

doi:10.1075/ihll.31.03bro

ACTFL OPIc question prompt and advanced Spanish fluency

Alan V. Brown, Gregory L. Thompson, Troy Cox

Hispanic Studies

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Abstract

Fluency is a key feature used to gauge task complexity in L2 research. In this chapter we explore the relationship between the temporal fluency of Spanish candidates' (N = 154) speech and their official American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) rating on the OPIc- A computer-based version of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). We investigated the temporal fluency of speakers at the Intermediate-High, Advanced-Low, and Advanced-Mid (N = 109) levels. The results indicated that, in general, the OPIc question prompts discriminated between the Intermediate and Advanced major levels and the Advanced sub-levels appropriately since the fluency of higher-rated speakers surpassed that of lower-rated speakers on nearly every fluency measure, regardless of prompt.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Second Language Spanish. Definitions, challenges, and possibilities
Editors	Mandy R. Menke, Paul A. Malovrh
Pages	41-63
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027260321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.31.03bro
State	Published - 2021

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Name	Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Volume	31
ISSN (Print)	2213-3887

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Keywords

Actfl
Advancedness
Opic
Question prompt
Temporal fluency

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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ACTFL OPIc question prompt and advanced Spanish fluency. / Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L.; Cox, Troy.
Second Language Spanish. Definitions, challenges, and possibilities. ed. / Mandy R. Menke; Paul A. Malovrh. 2021. p. 41-63 (Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics; Vol. 31).

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