Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning / 
edited by Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Toronto, ON :  Multilingual Matters,  2007. 
 - xi, 207 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - Second Language Acquisition. .
<br/><br/> Volume 20 in the Second Language Acquisition Series. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction /   Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo Chapter 1: Criteria for Classifying and Sequencing Pedagogic Tasks /   Peter Robinson Chapter 2: Information Distribution and Goal Orientation in Second Language Task Design /   Craig P. Lambert and Steve Engler Chapter 3: The Simultaneous Manipulation of Task Complexity Along Planning Time and [+/- Here-and-Now]: Effects on L2 Oral Production /   Roger Gilabert Chapter 4: Tasks, Negotiation, and L2 Learning in a Foreign Language Context /   Marisol Fernandez Garcia Chapter 5: Attention to Form Across Collaborative Tasks by Low-Proficiency Learners in an EFL Setting /   Ana Alegria de la Colina and Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo Chapter 6: Cognitive Task Complexity and Linguistic Performance in French L2 Writing /   Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder Chapter 7: The Effect of Manipulating Task Complexity Along the [+/- Here-and-Now] Dimension on L2 Written Narrative Discourse /   Tomohito Ishikawa Chapter 8: Writing Tasks: The Effects of Collaboration /   Neomy Storch and Gillian Wigglesworth Chapter 9: L2 Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension: The Influence of Task Complexity /   Elke Peters Chapter 10: Task-Effect on the Use of Lexical Innovation Strategies in Interlanguage Communication /   Elsa Gonzalez Alvarez Chapter 11: Fostering EFL Learners' Awareness of Requesting Through Explicit and Implicit Consciousness-Raising Tasks /   Eva Alcon Soler Chapter 12: Interactive Task Design: Metachat and the Whole Learner /   Marie-Noëlle Lamy Bibliography 
<br/><br/> "This book contributes to the growth of interest in task-based language learning and teaching that has been seen in recent years. It brings together research that focuses on various aspects and effects of pedagogic task design and presents work that uses tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learning contexts and in different languages. It also provides guidelines for task classification, sequencing and design.  The book is addressed to both professionals and students interested in second language acquisition research. It will also be of use to professionals involved in language pedagogy and curriculum design." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/> Readership Level: Postgraduate, Research / Professional 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Task analysis in education.