Task Sequencing and Instructed Second Language Learning

Melissa Baralt is Assistant Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics at Florida International University, USA.Roger Gilabert is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.Peter Robinson is Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan.

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsChapter 1. An introduction to theory and research in task sequencing and instructed second language learning, Melissa Baralt, Roger Gilabert & Peter RobinsonSection I. Experimental studies of task sequencingChapter 2. Task sequencing in the L2 development of spatial expressions, Mayya Levkina & Roger GilabertChapter 3. The role of task sequencing in monologic oral production, Aleksandra MalickaChapter 4. Task complexity and task sequencing in traditional versus online language classes, Melissa BaraltChapter 5. The effects of guided planning, task complexity and task sequencing on L2 oral production, Colin ThompsonSection II. Educationally situated studies of task sequencing in natural classroom contextsChapter 6. A pedagogical proposal for task sequencing: An exploration of task repetition and task complexity on learning opportunities, YouJin Kim & Caroline PayantChapter 7. Teachers` application of the Cognition Hypothesis when lesson planning: A case study, Melissa Baralt, Simone Harmath-de Lemmos & Sawsan WerfelliChapter 8. Learning to perform narrative tasks: A semester-long classroom study of task sequencing effects, Craig Lambert & Peter RobinsonSubject index

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