Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index.
Contents:
The road to this book -- A framework for the implementation of task-based instruction -- Modelling second language performance: integrating complexity, accuracy, fluency and lexis -- Limited attentional capacity and cognition: two hypotheses regarding second language performance on tasks -- Reflections on theory -- The influence of planning on performance in task-based learning -- Self-reported planning behaviour and second language performance in narrative retelling -- Lexical performance by native and non-native speakers on language-learning tasks -- Reflections on planning research -- Reflections on empirical research -- Tasks and language performance -- Models of speaking and the assessment of second language proficiency -- Reflections on assessment.
Summary:
"Second Language Task-Based Performance is the first book to synthesize Peter Skehan's theoretical and empirical contributions in one place. Exploring three distinct themes in each section (theory, empirical studies, and assessment), this influential body of work is organized in such a way that it provides an updated reflection on the material and makes it relevant to today's researchers. In each section, an early publication is matched by at least one later publication, followed by a newly written commentary chapter, the combination of which provides the important function of offering a wider-ranging discussion. This book is an invaluable resource for researchers interested in second language task-based research or second language acquisition more generally"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.