The phenomenon of fluency in speaking a foreign language is considered from the perspective of modern linguodidactics. Various interpretations of the concept of “speech fluency” are analyzed. Quantitative (pauses, ability to divide into syntagms, ability to fill and shorten pauses) and qualitative (range of language means used, accuracy of statements, variety of morphological forms and syntactic structures used, lexical economy, metaphoricality) characteristics of speaking fluency are discussed. forming the basis for the development of a scale for its assessment.

speaking fluency, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of fluency, communicative approach

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