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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350281003321

Autore

Lambert Craig

Titolo

Referent Similarity and Nominal Syntax in Task-Based Language Teaching [[electronic resource] /] / by Craig Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-3089-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 pages)

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Linguistics

Language and languages—Study and teaching

Curriculum planning

Language Acquisition and Development

Language and Literature

Language Education

Curriculum Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. L2 Performance and Incidental SLA -- Chapter 3. Referential Communication and L2 Production -- Chapter 4. Tasks in L2 Syllabus Design -- Chapter 5. Referent Similarity -- Chapter 6. Referent Similarity and L2 Production -- Chapter 7. Methods -- Chapter 8. Results -- Chapter 9. Referent Similarity and TBLT -- References -- Appendix 1. Materials for the Study -- Appendix 2. Noun Phrase Coding Manual -- Appendix 3. Full Descriptive Statistics for NP Complexity.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume addresses an important gap in the literature on task design and second language use. Building on insights from over 50 years of research on the relationship between task demands and language use, it examines how referent similarity relates to developmentally-relevant variation in the use of nominal structures, comparative structures and abstract lexis among first and second language speakers of English. In addition to providing an empirical basis for future research on tasks, it shares both theoretical and



practical information on task design, which will greatly benefit curriculum and material developers.