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This study’s aim is to identify and suggest a method for improving EFL learners’ fluency by activating their procedural memory through memorization and repetition activities. Improving L2 English learners’ fluency requires the frequent use in EFL classes of activities that depend on the procedural memory system, which underlies the implicit learning and processing of a wide range of perceptual-motor and cognitive skills (Ullman & Lovelett, 2016, p. 3). Four college students, all English majors with advanced reading skills, participated in this research. They selected three scenes from the movie 500 Days of Summer (Webb, 2009) and discussed them through the lens of their personal experiences with relationships. Subsequently, participants completed three rounds of memorization and repetition activities with one-week intervals between each round. The participants were required to express the characters’ feelings by memorizing and repeating the selected scenes. The study’s results indicate that all participants were initially reluctant to attempt memorization and repetition activities; however, after trying them, they became more willing to do so. Moreover, their attitudes towards memorizing and repeating became more positive. The participants’ mistakes in memorizing the movie scenes were reduced throughout the research process. Therefore, introducing more memorization and repetition activities, which have the capacity to activate students’ procedural memory, will improve the fluency of L2 learners.
