Ning Cui

doi:10.70711/wef.v2i7.5771

Comparison of Native English Raters and Nonnative English Raters Perceptions of Oral Fluency

Ning Cui

Abstract

This study investigated the Native English-speaking (NE-speaking) and the Nonnative English-speaking (NNE-speaking) teachers fluency perceptions of Chinese postgraduate students oral speech in English. The rating results revealed that the NNE-speaking teachers
perceived fluency rating scores were higher than the NE-speaking teachers rating scores, suggesting that the NNE-speaking teachers rated the
speech samples more favorably than the NE-speaking teachers.

Keywords

L2 perceived fluency; Oral fluency ratings

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/wef.v2i7.5771

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