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Martínez-Flor, Alicia, Ed.; Sánchez-Hernández, Ariadna, Ed.; Barón, Júlia, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2023
This is the first edited volume dedicated to both teachers and learners of second/foreign language (L2) pragmatics. It comprises a collection of studies that explore how teachers background and practices, and individual learners differences contribute to the teaching and learning of L2 pragmatics. Also included are chapters that present…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Pragmatics, Teaching Methods
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Housen, Alex; Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The theme of this volume, complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as dimensions of second language production, proficiency and development, represents a thriving area of research that addresses two general questions that are at the heart of many studies in second language acquisition and applied linguistics: What makes a second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency
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Bulte, Bram; Housen, Alex – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This chapter takes a critical look at complexity in L2 research. We demonstrate several problems in the L2 literature in terms of how complexity has been defined and operationalised as a construct. In the first part of the chapter we try to unravel its highly complex, multidimensional nature by presenting a taxonomic model that identifies major…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Construct Validity, Classification
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De Jong, Nivja H.; Steinel, Margarita P.; Florijn, Arjen F.; Schoonen, Rob; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This study investigated how task complexity affected native and non-native speakers' speaking performance in terms of a measure of communicative success (functional adequacy), three types of fluency (breakdown fluency, speed fluency, and repair fluency), and lexical diversity. Participants (208 non-native and 59 native speakers of Dutch) carried…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Native Speakers, Scientific Research, English (Second Language)
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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The research project reported in this chapter consists of three studies in which syntactic complexity, lexical variation and fluency appear as dependent variables. The independent variables are task complexity and proficiency level, as the three studies investigate the effect of task complexity on the written and oral performance of L2 learners of…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Syntax, Linguistic Performance, French
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Levkina, Mayya; Gilabert, Roger – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This paper examines the impact of task complexity on L2 production. The study increases task complexity by progressively removing pre-task planning time and increasing the number of elements. The combined effects of manipulating these two variables of task complexity simultaneously are also analyzed. Using a repeated measures design, 42…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Difficulty Level