Table 2 Oral fluency perceived by English teachers (BA) and English-majored students (Senior)
Statements | English teachers (BA) | English-majored students | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Min | Max | Mean | SD | N | Min | Max | Mean | SD | |
1) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak about something at length. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.35 | .93330 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.36 | .96236 |
2) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can make himself/herself clearly understood. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.70 | 1.0809 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.67 | .95743 |
3) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can use sentence connectors well. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.80 | .83351 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.85 | .83371 |
4) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can maintain their thoughts during the speech | 20 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.20 | .61559 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.94 | .86384 |
5) Oral fluency happens when a speaker pauses less frequently during the speech. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.70 | 1.1285 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.73 | .94448 |
6) Oral fluency happens when a speaker tends not to reformulate their speech. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.65 | .98809 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.40 | .93339 |
7) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can express himself/herself spontaneously. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.60 | 1.0463 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.58 | 1.0316 |
8) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can express himself/herself effortlessly. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.55 | 1.0500 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.46 | .93845 |
9) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can use a natural colloquial flow. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.85 | 1.0399 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.97 | .91804 |
10) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can link sounds together when possible. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.55 | 1.0990 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.70 | 1.1035 |
11) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can avoid articulating some hesitant words like “umh…, ah….a, etc.” | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.40 | 1.3917 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.40 | 1.3679 |
12) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can stress the important points during the speech. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.45 | .94451 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.64 | .82228 |
13) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can compare and contrast ideas during the speech. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.75 | .63867 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.52 | .87039 |
14) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak freely about a topic with correctly grammatical language. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.75 | .85070 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.67 | .95743 |
15) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak freely about a topic with correct pronunciation. | 20 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.70 | 1.0311 | 33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.60 | 1.0588 |
16) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak freely about a topic with correct use of vocabulary. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.95 | .68633 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.90 | .80482 |
17) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak freely albeit some misuse of vocabulary. | 20 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.80 | .83351 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3. 70 | .84723 |
18) Oral fluency happens when a speaker can speak freely albeit some mispronunciation of words. | 20 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | .56195 | 33 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.85 | .66714 |