The Impact Of Task Design And Performance Conditions On Oral Output: The Impact of Task Structure and Strategic Planning on Oral performance of Iranian English Learners - Tapa blanda

Mehrang, Faezeh; Rahimpour, Prof. Massoud

 
9783848447886: The Impact Of Task Design And Performance Conditions On Oral Output: The Impact of Task Structure and Strategic Planning on Oral performance of Iranian English Learners
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ISBN 10: 3848447886 ISBN 13: 9783848447886
Editorial: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Sinopsis

This study investigates the impact of task structure and strategic planning on oral performance. Sixty four upper-intermediate learners of English were randomly selected and assigned to two groups: with pre-task planning and without pre-task planning. Each participant then was asked to narrate two stories (structured vs. unstructured) based on cartoon scripts. The structured task had a problem-solution structure in which the events could not be reordered without compromising the story, while the unstructured task lacked a problem-solution structure and its events could easily be rearranged without losing coherence. The planners were given five minutes to plan their performance, while the non-planners had no time to plan and performed the tasks 30 seconds after they received the cartoon scripts. The data were recorded, transcribed and coded to measure the accuracy, fluency and lexical complexity of participants' performance. Results indicated that the structured task led to a more fluent performance under the planned condition, while accuracy and complexity remained unaffected. Under unplanned condition, all three variables, accuracy, fluency and complexity, remained unaffected.

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This study investigates the impact of task structure and strategic planning on oral performance. Sixty four upper-intermediate learners of English were randomly selected and assigned to two groups: with pre-task planning and without pre-task planning. Each participant then was asked to narrate two stories (structured vs. unstructured) based on cartoon scripts. The structured task had a problem-solution structure in which the events could not be reordered without compromising the story, while the unstructured task lacked a problem-solution structure and its events could easily be rearranged without losing coherence. The planners were given five minutes to plan their performance, while the non-planners had no time to plan and performed the tasks 30 seconds after they received the cartoon scripts. The data were recorded, transcribed and coded to measure the accuracy, fluency and lexical complexity of participants' performance. Results indicated that the structured task led to a more fluent performance under the planned condition, while accuracy and complexity remained unaffected. Under unplanned condition, all three variables, accuracy, fluency and complexity, remained unaffected.

Biografía del autor

Faezeh Mehrang, a PhD candidate in Language Teaching and Learning at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Graduated as a master in English Language Teaching from The University of Tabriz. Former Lecturer of General English at The University of Tabriz and University College of Nabi Akram. Has taught ESP at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

Professor Massoud Rahimpour holding Ph.D in applied linguistics is currently teaching at The University of Queensland in Australia. He has written books, published papers in the journals and supervised many M.A and Ph.D theses. His research interests include second language acquisition and task-based language teaching.m.rahimpour@uq.edu.au

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Editorial
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
3848447886
ISBN 13 
9783848447886
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
136
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