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