Task Type and Task Processing Conditions as Influences on Foreign Language Performance.

Skehan, Peter; Foster, Pauline

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ERIC Number: EJ597294

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Task Type and Task Processing Conditions as Influences on Foreign Language Performance.

Skehan, Peter; Foster, Pauline

Language Teaching Research, v1 n3 p185-211 Sep 1997

Given recent claims that task-based instruction has desirable pedagogic qualities, this article investigates the effects of choosing different types of tasks, as well as different task implementation conditions, on the fluency, accuracy, and complexity of the language that is produced when tasks are carried out. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Decision Making, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interaction, Language Fluency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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