This study investigated the effect of consistent freewriting practice on written fluency development. Thirty-nine first-year university students completed 70 10-minute freewriting activities over the course of an academic semester. Written fluency, measured as words produced per minute (wpm), increased from a mean of 19.5 wpm to 30.1 wpm over a period of 15 weeks. Further analysis revealed statistically significant gains over two-week intervals. The participants also wrote three timed TOEFL-style essays at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester to see whether fluency gains transferred to more structured contexts. The results showed a statistically significant increase in written output on the timed essays, along with an increase in holistic scores. Findings indicate that consistent freewriting can result in rapid and statistically significant fluency gains that carry over to other more structured contexts. In addition, the improved scores on the timed essays suggest increased fluency may allow learners to attend to other aspects of writing, improving the global quality of the text. A detailed description of the fluency building activity and discussion of results are provided.

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通过自由写作和转移到其他更结构化的任务来发展流利度

本研究调查了一致的自由写作练习对书面流利度发展的影响。39 名大一新生在一个学期内完成了 70 个 10 分钟的自由写作活动。在 15 周内，以每分钟产生的字数 (wpm) 衡量的书面流利度从平均 19.5 wpm 增加到 30.1 wpm。进一步的分析显示，在两周的时间间隔内有统计学上的显着收益。参与者还在学期开始、中期和结束时写了三篇定时托福风格的论文，以了解流利程度是否会转移到更有条理的环境中。结果显示，定时论文的书面输出在统计上显着增加，同时整体得分也有所增加。研究结果表明，一致的自由写作可以带来快速且具有统计学意义的流利度提升，并延续到其他更结构化的环境中。此外，定时作文分数的提高表明流利程度的提高可以让学习者关注写作的其他方面，从而提高文本的整体质量。提供了流畅度建设活动的详细描述和结果讨论。