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Task Complexity, Task Difficulty, and Task Production: Exploring Interactions in a Componential Framework.

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Robinson, Peter – Applied Linguistics, 2001

Describes a framework for examining the effects of the cognitive complexity of tasks on language production and learner perceptions of task difficulty, and for motivating sequencing decisions in task-based syllabuses. Results of a study of the relationship between task complexity, difficulty and production show that increasing the cognitive…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Language Proficiency, Language Research

Group Work, Task Difference, and Second Language Acquisition.

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Brown, Raymond – Applied Linguistics, 1991

Reviews a study that was designed to find evidence of factors influencing the kind of interaction found in small-group work in language learning among young adult English teacher trainees in a developing country. (22 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Group Dynamics