Reading Fluency beyond English: Investigations into Reading Fluency in Turkish Elementary Students

Abstract

Reading fluency is one of the underlying factors of successful language curricula and it is also one ofthe defining characteristics of good readers. A lack of fluency is a common characteristic of strugglingreaders. There is a growing body of research that demonstrates proficiency in reading fluency isimportant for success in learning to read English. While the role of reading fluency is increasinglyrecognized as important for literacy acquisition in English, less is known about the role that fluencyplays in literacy acquisition in other languages. The present manuscript aims to shed light on theimpact of reading fluency in the Turkish language context, and also to provide some practicalimplications for Turkish stakeholders in education system to improve Turkish children`s readingfluency and thereby also improve Turkish children’s overall reading proficiency.

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