• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: The effects of distributed practice on second language fluency development
  • Beteiligte: Kakitani, Joe; Kormos, Judit
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2024
  • Erschienen in: Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0272263124000251
  • ISSN: 0272-2631; 1470-1545
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This study examined the effects of distributed practice on second language (L2) speech fluency development. A total of 116 Japanese L2 learners of English were randomly divided into experimental or control conditions. Learners assigned to the experimental groups engaged in four fluency training sessions either in a short-spaced (1-day interval) or long-spaced (7-day interval) condition. Although different learning trajectories were observed during the training phase, the posttests conducted 7 and 28 days after the training showed similar fluency gains for the two groups, indicating that short- and long-spaced conditions were equally effective for developing L2 fluency. The current study extends the line of research in distributed practice and task repetition for L2 fluency development.</jats:p>