fluency

«fluency» in Mova's school dictionary: Being able to speak, read or write a language easily… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being able to speak, read or write a language easily, quickly and well. tree →

2) Being able to do something smoothly and confidently, like reading aloud or doing maths facts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, reading fluency means reading at a good speed with expression; in maths, fluency means knowing number facts and methods quickly and accurately. In language lessons, fluency in French or Mandarin takes practice. Phrases: «reading fluency», «fluency in French», «gain fluency».

examples

• Her reading fluency improved with practice. tree →
• He speaks with fluency in English and Ukrainian. tree →
• Times-table practice builds maths fluency. tree →
• Fluency in a new language takes years. tree →
• The teacher listened to each child read to check fluency. tree →
• Reading aloud every night helps fluency. tree →
• Gangazara thought several times of the eloquent way in which the tiger spoke, and admired his fluency of speech. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: fluent (speaks fluent French); adverb: fluently. Fluency is not the same as accuracy: you can speak quickly but with mistakes, or slowly but correctly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fluency» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.