I've recently been thinking about the definition and measurement of
"fluency in writing" in connection to my study on the assessment of
written compositions. The compositions I am looking at were written by
learners of Japanese as a foreign language. I would greatly appreciate
it if anyone could share some thought on this subject matter from both
first (native or L1) language and second (foreign or L2) language
perspectives.
Sufumi
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Sufumi So, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Second Language Acquisition
Department of Modern Languages
Carnegie Mellon University
Baker Hall 160
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 U.S.A.
Phone: (412) 268-7991
Fax: (412) 268-1328
E-mail: sufumi+ who-is-at andrew.cmu.edu (English only)
sso who-is-at komachi.sp.cs.cmu.edu (English & Japanese)
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