ABSTRACT
Fluency has the following characteristics in all of the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Fluency and Accuracy Usually a distinction is made between fluency and accuracy and between activities that are designed to develop fluency and accuracy. A fluency development activity provides some deliberate push to the higher level of performance often by using time pressure. Fluency is typically measured by speed of access or production and by the number of hesitations; accuracy by the amount of error; and complexity by the presence of more complicated constructions, such as subordinate clauses. Substantial increases in fluency also involve changes in the nature of the knowledge of language. Repetition of an activity is a sure way of developing fluency with the particular items and sequences used in the activity. Many fluency techniques involve the linking of skills. For example, reading is followed by listening, discussion is followed by listening, and writing is followed by speaking.
