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Exploring Trade-off Between Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in IELTS Speaking

Suheng Zhang

Abstract


This essay explains the rationale underpinning the phenomenon that it is difficult to simultaneously perform well in
the dimension of complexity, accuracy and fluency in IELTS Speaking by the use of Trade-off Hypothesis and Skill Acquisition
Theory, which gives implications for IELTS Speaking learning.

Keywords


IELTS Speaking; Trade-off Hypothesis; Skill Acquisition Theory; Complexity; Accuracy; Fluency

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i3.2403

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