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Title: How Do Attention-Shift and Foreign Language Anxiety Interact with Objective and Subjective Measures of Fluency?
Language: English
Authors: Daphnée Simard (ORCID 0000-0002-1851-0477), Michael Zuniga, Florian Hameau
Source: Language Teaching Research. 2026 30(1):170-190.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Attention, Anxiety, Second Languages, Language Fluency, English (Second Language), French, Oral Language, Foreign Countries, College Students
Geographic Terms: Canada
DOI: 10.1177/13621688221146379
ISSN: 1362-1688
1477-0954
Abstract: The present study investigated whether a distinct link exists between attention-shift, foreign language anxiety (FLA) and both a subjective and an objective measure of oral fluency. Participants were 34 French first language (L1) English second language (L2) speakers. Oral production data were collected through a picture-cued narration task and analysed using both oral fluency measures. We used a measure of attention-shift capacity and a measure of FLA. Results first show strong correlations between both fluency measures. Additionally, both measures of fluency were negatively correlated with FLA and attention-shift. However, multiple regression analyses indicated that only the subjective measure was explained by both attention-shift capacity and FLA, the objective one only being explained by FLA. The results suggest that subjective measures, while highly correlated with objective ones, may detect qualities of oral fluency not detected by objective measures.
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