Improving Fluency in Spoken French Through a Study of Native Pause Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8938482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | TIMOTHY SCANLAN, Timothy M Scanlan (University of Toledo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-352 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1987.tb02971.x |
| OpenAlex | W2053233160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Pauses are often thought to detract from fluency in French when spoken by foreigners. However, proper pause behavior, if modeled after that of educated native speakers, is actually a definite mark of authentic‐sounding and well‐controlled speech. This article reviews the different categories of native pauses and suggests techniques for incorporating them cautiously into the spoken French of anglophones, especially Americans
First language · Fluency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Spoken language · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · French Language Learning Methods · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2014 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |