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Lambert, Craig; Aubrey, Scott; Leeming, Paul – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2021
This study investigated the relative effects of four forms of task preparation on L2 speech production. One hundred forty-four Japanese speakers of English completed an oral opinion task after 10 minutes of preparation. The same task repetition condition involved four iterations of the same pedagogic task (same procedures, same content), the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Speech Communication
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Aubrey, Scott; Lambert, Craig; Leeming, Paul – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Research on pre-task planning to date has mainly focused on task performance. However, the effects of planning are contingent on what learners actually do during planning time. One important factor that may determine the quality and usefulness of planning is whether it is done in the first language (L1) or the second language (L2). This research…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Problem Solving
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Lambert, Craig; Kormos, Judit; Minn, Danny – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
This study examines the relationship between the repetition of oral monologue tasks and immediate gains in L2 fluency. It considers the effect of aural-oral task repetition on speech rate, frequency of clause-final and midclause filled pauses, and overt self-repairs across different task types and proficiency levels and relates these findings to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Oral Language