âResearching L2 Task Performance and Task Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehanâ. Edited by Wen & Ahmadian ('Task-based Language Teaching' ...
“Researching L2 Task Performance and Task Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehan” Edited by Wen & Ahmadian (‘Task-based Language Teaching’ Series, John Benjamins)
Researching Second Language Task Performance and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehan Editors: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen & Mohammad Ahmadian
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“Researching L2 Task Performance and Task Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehan” Edited by Wen & Ahmadian (‘Task-based Language Teaching’ Series, John Benjamins)
Researching Second Language Task Performance and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehan Editors: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen & Mohammad Ahmadian
Table of Contents Foreword: The Many Contributions of Peter Skehan Mike Long (University of Maryland) Introduction (Zhisheng Wen & Mohammad Ahamdian) Part I. Underlying Constructs and Theoretical Perspectives 1. Rod Ellis (Curtin University, Perth, Australia) Topic: Task Preparedness 2. Zhisheng (Edward) Wen (Macao Polytechnic Institute) Topic: Working Memory, Attention and L2 Task Performance 3. Parvaneh Tavakoli (University of Reading) Topic: Automaticity, Fluency and L2 Task Performance 4. Brian MacWhinney (University of Pittsburgh) Topic: The Competition Model and L2 Task-based Performance Analysis 5. Zoltán Dörnyei, (University of Nottingham) Topic: Task Motivation: What makes an L2 task engaging Part II. Innovative Methodologies 6. John Norris (ETS, USA) and Shoko Sasayama (Tokyo University) Topic: Unravelling cognitive task complexity: Lessons from careful observations of the relationship between task characteristics and L2 task performance 7. Andrea Revesz (Institute of Education, University College London) & Marije Michel (University of Lancaster) Topic: Investigating the relationships of independent measures of task complexity to accuracy using data from German L2 speakers of English 8. Gavin Bui Hiu Yet (Hang Seng Management College) Topic: Task-readiness and L2 Task Performance across L2 Proficiency Levels 9. Craig Lambert (Curtin University, Perth, Australia) Topic: Task-Induced Second Language Development: A Microgenetic Analysis 2
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“Researching L2 Task Performance and Task Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of Peter Skehan” Edited by Wen & Ahmadian (‘Task-based Language Teaching’ Series, John Benjamins)
Part III. Pedagogy and Implications 10. Mohammad Ahmadian (University of Leeds) & Javad Alipou (Shahrekord University) Topic: Task-based planning and L2 writing: investigating the role of working memory capacity and task engagement 11. Raquel D’Ely (Federal University of Santa Catarina), Mailce Borges Mota (Federal University of Santa Catarina/CNPq) & Martin Bygate (Lancaster University) Topic: Strategic planning and repetition as metacognitive processes in task performance: implications for EFL learners’ speech production 12. Jiaxin Xing (Qufu Normal University) & Shaoqian Luo (Beijing Normal University) Topic: The effects of task complexity on Chinese EFL learners’ oral performance and cognitive processes 13. Rosmary Erlam (University of Auckland) Topic: Input-based tasks in a French language classroom Epilogue: 14. Arthur McNeill (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Topic: Lexical Richness and Peter Skehan
