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Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing
Martin Bygate,Peter Skehan,Merrill Swain +2 more
- 23 Mar 2001
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TL;DR: Bygate, Skehan and Swain this paper investigated the effect of task repetition on the structure and control of oral language in a task-based language production of native and non-native speakers.
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Abstract: 1 IntroductionMartin Bygate, Peter Skehan and Merrill Swain PART 1: TASKS AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING2 Effects of task repetition on the structure and control of oral languageMartin Bygate 3 Non-reciprocal tasks, comprehension and second language acquisitionRod Ellis 4 Rules and routines: A consideration of their role in the task-based language production of native and non-native speakersPauline Foster PART 2: STUDIES OF TASKS IN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS5 Focus on form through collaborative dialogue: Exploring task effectsMerrill Swain and Sharon Lapkin 6 Guiding relationships between form and meaning during task performance: The role of the teacherVirginia Samuda 7 'A case of exercising': Effects of immediate task repetition on learners performanceTony Lynch and Joan Maclean PART 3: TASK-BASED APPROACHES TO TESTING8 Tasks and language performance assessmentPeter Skehan 9 Influences on performance in task-based oral assessmentsGillian Wigglesworth 10 Task-based assessments: Charactersitics and validity evidenceMicheline Chalhoub-Deville Afterword: Taking the Curriculum to TaskChristopher N Candlin
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