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Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy : in honour of Peter Skehan /

This volume honours Peter Skehan?s landmark contributions to research in Task-Based Language Teaching. It offers state-of-the-art reviews as well as cutting-edge new research studies, all reflective of key theoretical and methodological issues in current research, such as the role and nature of task...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wen, Zhisheng (Editor ), Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad (Editor ), Skehan, Peter (honouree.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Colección:Task-based language teaching: Issues, research and practice, Volume 13
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series editors preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Profile of Peter Skehan
  • Foreword: The many contributions of Peter Skehan / Michael H. Long
  • Introduction and overview / Mohammad Javad Ahmadian and Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
  • Part I. Underlying constructs and emerging perspectives: 1. Task preparedness / Rod Ellis
  • 2. Automaticity, fluency and second language task performance / Parvaneh Tavakoli
  • 3. Task motivation: What makes an L2 task engaging? / Zoltán Dnyei
  • 4. The relationship between task motivation and L2 motivation: An empirical study / Qiong Wang and Shaofeng Li
  • Part II. Task complexity and performance: 5. Unravelling cognitive task complexity: Learning from learners' perspectives on task characteristics and second language performance / Shoko Sasayama and John Norris
  • 6. The effects of task demands on linguistic complexity and accuracy across task types and L1/L2 speakers / Marije Michel, Andrea Révész, Danni Shi and Yanmei Li
  • 7. The effects of reasoning demands on Chinese EFL learners' oral performance and cognitive processes / Jiaxin Xing and Shaoqian Luo
  • 8. Peter Skehan's influence in research on task difficulty: A bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace / Liping Wang and Lawrence Jun Zhang
  • Part III. Task pedagogy and L2 development: 9. Strategic planning and repetition as metacognitive processes in task performance: Implications for EFL learners' speech production / Raquel D'Ely, Mailce Borges Mota and Martin Bygate
  • 10. Input-based tasks in the French language classroom / Rosemary Erlam
  • 11. Task-readiness and L2 task performance across proficiency levels / Gavin Bui
  • 12. Task-induced second language development: A micro-genetic study / Craig Lambert
  • Epilogue: 13. Task-based analysis and the competition model / Brian MacWhinney
  • List of contributors
  • Index.