Fluency in Writing
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- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Written Communication
- Vol. 18 (1) , 80-98
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088301018001004
Abstract
This study explores the relation between fluency in writing and linguistic experience and provides information about the processes involved in written text composition. The authors conducted a think-aloud protocol study with native speakers of English who were learning French or German. Analysis reveals that as the writer's experience with the language increases, fluency (as measured by words written per minute) increases, the average length of strings of words proposed between pauses or revision episodes increases, the number of revision episodes decreases, and more of the words that are proposed as candidate text get accepted. To account for these results, the authors propose a model of written language production and hypothesize that the effect of linguistic experience on written fluency is mediated primarily by two internal processes called the translator and the reviser.Keywords
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