Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Motivation 1
1.2 Research Purposes 3
1.3 Significance of the Research 4
1.4 Research Questions 6
1.5 An Overview of Chapters 7
Chapter 2 Literature Review 8
2.1 Definitions of Fluency 8
2.2 Measuring Fluency 15
2.3 Empirical Research on L2 Fluency 19
2.4 Studies on Fluency in Interpreting 33
Chapter 3 An Explanatory Framework of Fluency Development in Interpreting 38
3.1 Defining the Construct 38
3.2 Measuring Interpreting Fluency 42
3.3 Accounting for Fluency Development in Interpreting 43
Chapter 4 Fluency Development in Productions of Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting Learners 54
4.1 Research Questions 54
4.2 Method 55
4.3 Results 63
4.4 Discussion 90
4.5 Limitations of the Study 95
Chapter 5 Effects of Fluency-Enhancing Tasks on Interpreting Performance 98
5.1 Research Questions 98
5.2 Method 100
5.3 Results 106
5.4 Discussion 112
5.5 Limitations of the Study 116
Chapter 6 Conclusion 118
6.1 Summary of Major Findings 118
6.2 Implications for Teaching 121
6.3 Future Work 123
Bibliography 125
Appendix A Source Text of Experiment 1 137
Appendix B Sample Transcripts of Experiment 1 138
Appendix C Questionnaire of Experiment 1 140
Appendix D Source Text of Experiment 2 142
Appendix E List of Questions for Formulae Group 143
Acknowledgements 144