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Referent Similarity and Nominal Syntax in Task-Based Language Teaching

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Authors:
  1. Craig Lambert

    1. Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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  • Connects TBLT to broader usage-based theories of first and second language emergence
  • Connects tasks to specific aspects of the developing language system for speakers of English as a first and second language
  • Provides empirical support for an approach to sequencing tasks in L2 course design and future research on TBLT
  • Provides teachers and materials designers with concrete principles for designing tasks to push L2 learners’ output across content areas and educational contexts internationally

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 1-9

  3. L2 Performance and Incidental SLA

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 11-20

  4. Referential Communication and L2 Production

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 21-30

  5. Tasks in L2 Syllabus Design

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 31-46

  6. Referent Similarity

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 47-60

  7. Referent Similarity and L2 Production

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 61-70

  8. Methods

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 71-87

  9. Results

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 89-115

  10. Referent Similarity and TBLT

    • Craig Lambert
    Pages 117-127

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 129-154
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About this book

This volume addresses an important gap in the literature on task design and second language use. Building on insights from over 50 years of research on the relationship between task demands and language use, it examines how referent similarity relates to developmentally-relevant variation in the use of nominal structures, comparative structures and abstract lexis among first and second language speakers of English. In addition to providing an empirical basis for future research on tasks, it shares both theoretical and practical information on task design, which will greatly benefit curriculum and material developers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Craig Lambert

About the author

Craig Lambert is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.  He has taught in post-graduate TESOL programs at Anaheim University in the United States and at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, and has more than 20 years of hands-on teaching experience in Japan, where he worked as an English teacher, course coordinator and teacher trainer.  His research on second language speech processing, syntactic development, task-based learning and learner engagement has been published internationally.

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