Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing

By Martin Bygate, P. Skehan, M. Swain. 2013

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Some reflections on task-based language performance assessment (2002, background): “(Chalhoub-Deville, 2001: 225) A different approach to de ning TBLPA can be found in the work of researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Norris et al., 1998; Brown et al., in press).”
Formulaic Language and Language Teaching (2012, background): “Bygate, Skehan, and Swain (2001) also stressed the importance of oral tasks in introducing students to aspects of authentic spoken language use (e.g., discourse patterns, lexico-grammatical features).”
The Implementation of Communicative and Task-Based Language Teaching in the Asia-Pacific Region (2011, background): “Cameron (2002) went a step further; she expressed concern over the “obsession with ‘communicative skills’ and ‘communication problems’” (p.”
The influence of interlocutor proficiency in a paired oral assessment (2009, background): “Third, paired testing may also elicit a greater variety of language functions compared to the interview format (ffrench, 2003), and Skehan (2001) has suggested that the greater variety of language functions and examinee roles possible within a paired test might be used to produce more comprehensive…”