Task modality has been found to affect the production, nature and resolution of Language Related Episodes (LREs).
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(2019) with child learners. Besides, there is a lack of investigations examining the incorporation of LREs in the final
output of oral and written tasks. In addition, previous studies have not controlled for either the different levels of accuracy
that both task modalities demand as a consequence of their on-line and off-line nature or the opportunity for revising the output
equally in both modalities. This paper compiles the findings from various studies conducted with the same cohorts of 5th and 6th
primary school learners that have overcome the aforementioned methodological limitations, all of which will make possible a more
comprehensive understanding of modality effects in terms of LRE production. In addition, it tackles the relationship between
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