Second language task-based performance : theory, research, assessment / Peter Skehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skehan, Peter, author.

Series:

Second language acquisition research

Second language acquisition research series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Task analysis in education.

Competence and performance (Linguistics).

Second language acquisition.

Second language acquisition--Methodology.

Cognitive learning.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 336 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

1 The Road to This Book p. 1

2 A Framework for the Implementation of Task-Based Instruction p. 13

3 Modelling Second Language Performance: Integrating Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency, and Lexis p. 35

4 Limited Attention Capacity and Cognition: Two Hypotheses Regarding Second Language Performance on Tasks p. 55

5 Reflections on Part I, Theory p. 83

Part II Empirical Work p. 125

6 The Influence of Planning and Task Type on Second Language Performance p. 129

7 Self-Reported Planning Behaviour and Second Language Performance in Narrative Retelling p. 154

8 Lexical Performance by Native and Non-Native Speakers on Language-Learning Tasks p. 189

9 Reflections on Planning p. 206

10 Empirical Work With Tasks p. 233

Part III Testing and Assessment p. 253

11 Tasks and Language Performance Assessment p. 257

12 Models of Speaking and the Assessment of Second Language Proficiency p. 275

13 Reflections on Assessment p. 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138642768

1138642762

OCLC:

1018457282