Fluency vs Accuracy
I'm sure that most of us agree that in speaking English as a second language, the speaker should concentrate on both fluency and accuracy. Which do you believe is more important though if you had to choose one over the other?

<a title="TEACHER KEITH" href="http://teacher-keith.blogspot.com" target="_blank">For me, accuracy will always come first before fluency!</a>

I rethought my answer, and I think it is better to apply in the case of EFL. &nbsp;For a L2 speaker accuracy does comes upon fluency on daily communication to avoid the unconvieniences caused by misunderstanding. &nbsp;However, my idea was that learners should not be afraid to speak in class (with/without mistakes). &nbsp;As long as you speak, your faulty English will be assimilated by the correct ones.

I assume you mean grammatical accuracy. &nbsp;In this case, I would choose fluency over accuracy. &nbsp;For a L2 speaker, they have the linguisitc environment, so they know little about English. &nbsp;The problem for them to study English are lack of vocabulary and making mistakes in grammar. &nbsp;They know some simple words, that's enough for communication. &nbsp;What's hard is to get them talk!!!!

In my home, we deal with English, Spanish, &amp; Arabic.&nbsp; For some of my family, English is the second language.&nbsp; From my personal life and teaching experience, I'd have to agree with jamil that accuracy comes before fluency.&nbsp; Often some of my family will mispeak, which can lead to misunderstanding, and sometimes it leads into arguments.&nbsp; Just imagine what can happen if this happens outside the family?!&nbsp; By the way, I encounter this situation a lot since we live in an Arab country presently.

Well , english is my second foreign language .and i think that english is easier than french because both of accuracy and Fluency in french are harder . For me Accuracy is More imporatant if u use english in professional or more official&nbsp; stuff , and fluency if u want to talk and express youself outside your professional world , especially to speak with natives .