Task-based language learning : insights from and for L2 writing / edited by Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University ; Rosa M. Manchon, University of Murcia

Published:: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Physical Description:: xi, 312 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Byrnes, Heidi and Manchón, Rosa

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Task-Based Language Teaching, 1877-346X ; volume 7

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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Task-based language learning: Insights from and for L2 writing An introduction / Rosa M. Manchon -- pt. I TENETS, METHODS, AND FINDINGS IN TASK-ORIENTED THEORY AND RESEARCH: THE CASE OF WRITING -- ch. 2 The internal dimension of tasks: The interaction between task factors and learner factors in bringing about learning through writing / Rosa M. Manchon -- ch. 3 Reframing task performance: The relationship between tasks, strategic behaviour, and linguistic knowledge in writing / Ernesto Macaw -- ch. 4 Theorizing language development at the intersection of 'task' and L2 writing: Reconsidering complexity / Heidi Byrnes -- pt. II Empirical Findings -- ch. 5 Task repetition and L2 writing development: A longitudinal study from a dynamic systems perspective / Kyoko Baba -- ch. 6 Planning and production in computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing / Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi -- ch. 7 Task complexity and linguistic performance in advanced college-level foreign language writing / Marcela Ruiz-Funes -- ch. 8 Differences across modalities of performance: An investigation of linguistic and discourse complexity in narrative tasks / Judit Kormos -- ch. 9 Storyline complexity and syntactic complexity in writing and speaking tasks / Parvaneh Tavakoli -- ch. 10 Linking task and writing for language development: Evidence from a genre-based curricular approach / Heidi Byrnes -- pt. III Coda -- ch. 11 Task, task performance, and writing development: Advancing the constructs and the research agenda / Rosa M. Manchon.

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9789027207296 hardcover
9027207291 hardcover
9789027207302 paperback
9027207305 paperback
9789027269713 electronic bk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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