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2013

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Oral fluency

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Using Oral Reading To Self To Improve Oral Fluency Of English Language Learners, Suwanna Klomjit Aug 2013

Using Oral Reading To Self To Improve Oral Fluency Of English Language Learners, Suwanna Klomjit

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The purposes of this study were to study the effect of oral reading-to-self on adult English Language Learners' oral fluency and their perception toward oral reading-to-self. This experimental study used a pretest-posttest design. The participants (N = 63) were recruited and randomly assigned to a control group (n = 30) and an experimental group (n = 33). The speaking test: Klomjit Lincoln Measure of Spoken English (KLMSE), developed by the researcher, was administered as both pre and posttest. The treatment was an assignment to read out loud-to-self. The Evaluation of Using Oral Reading to Improve Oral Fluency, a quantitative scale …