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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816840503321

Titolo

Second language task complexity : researching the cognition hypothesis of language learning and performance / / edited by Peter Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-28056-6

9786613280565

90-272-9027-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Task-based language teaching : issues, research and practice (TBLT), , 1877-346X ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinsonPeter

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Cognition, task complexity, language learning, and performance : theoretical and methodological issues -- pt. 2. Researching the effects of task complexity across task types and modes of L2 performance -- pt. 3. Researching the effects of task complexity on L2 interaction, modified output, and uptake -- pt. 4. Researching the influence of learner characteristics and perceptions on simple and complex L2 task performance.

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to task performance, than simpler tasks. Implications are drawn concerning the basic pedagogic claim of the Cognition Hypothesis, that tasks sh