Second Language Task Complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of Language Learning and Performance

Robinson, Peter (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027207208 / ISBN 13: 9789027207203

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2011

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uk ed. edition. 345 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Second Language Task Complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of Language Learning and Performance
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027207208
• ISBN 13: 9789027207203
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to task performance, than simpler tasks. Implications are drawn concerning the basic pedagogic claim of the Cognition Hypothesis, that tasks should be sequenced for learners from simple to complex during syllabus design. Containing theoretical discussion of the Cognition Hypothesis, and cutting-edge empirical studies of the effects of task complexity on second language learning and performance, this book will be important reading for language teachers, graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive and educational psychology.