Referent Similarity and Nominal Syntax in Task-Based Language Teaching
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Connects TBLT to broader usage-based theories of first and second language emergence Connects tasks to specific aspects of the developing language system for speakers of English as a first and second language Provides empirical support for an approach to sequencing tasks in L2 course design and future research on TBLT Provides teachers and materials designers with concrete principles for designing tasks to push L2 learners’ output across content areas and educational contexts internationally
Autor*in
Craig Lambert
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Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) Task Sequencing Syntactic Complexity Comparative Structures Abstract Lexis literary diction