Shaofeng Li
List of John Benjamins publications for which Shaofeng Li plays a role.
Journals
ISSN 2542-3835 | E-ISSN 2542-3843
ISSN 2589-2053 | E-ISSN 2589-207X
Title
Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Shaofeng Li
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 16] 2024. viii, 380 pp + index
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching
Articles
2024 Chapter 2. Anxiety in task-based language teaching: A state-of-the-art review Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching, Li, Shaofeng (ed.), pp. 52–83 | Chapter
This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the methods and findings of the research examining anxiety in learners’ task performance and language development. Based on a thorough search of multiple databases and a set of selection criteria, 35 studies were included in the review. The… read more
2024 Chapter 6. The effects of planning type, working memory, and anxiety on L2 writing performance Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching, Li, Shaofeng (ed.), pp. 162–196 | Chapter
This study explores (1) the effect of planning type on second language learners’ writing performance and (2) the role of working memory and anxiety in different types of planning. 48 Korean high school English as a foreign language learners participated in the study. Each learner composed a… read more
2024 Chapter 1. Individual differences and task-based language teaching: Theory, research, and practice Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching, Li, Shaofeng (ed.), pp. 10–49 | Chapter
This chapter provides an in-depth discussion of the theory, research, and practice of individual difference (ID) factors in task-based language teaching (TBLT). It starts with an overview of the scope and taxonomy of IDs in second language learning, followed by a discussion of the theoretical… read more
2024 Measuring L1 Chinese speakers’ anxiety when completing an English as L2 video narration task: Validation of task anxiety and pedagogical implications Journal of Second Language Studies 7:1, pp. 99–128 | Article
The present study investigated the nature of Chinese as First Language (L1) speakers’ anxiety when completing an oral task in English as Foreign Language (L2). Chinese second-year university students (n = 96) performed a video narration task and completed questionnaires measuring their trait… read more
2022 Chapter 2. Quantitative research methods in ISLA Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods, Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura and YouJin Kim (eds.), pp. 31–54 | Chapter
This chapter provides a comprehensive, in-depth discussion of quantitative research methods in ISLA. It starts by informing the reader of the basic elements and principles of quantitative ISLA research and the major research questions examined. It then identifies three categories of ISLA… read more
2021 The associations between individual differences in working memory and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning, DeKeyser, Robert M. (ed.), pp. 69–92 | Chapter
This paper reports on a study investigating the role of working memory in predicting L2 development under immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) conditions. A total of 106 seventh-grade EFL learners were assigned to three groups: Immediate CF, Delayed CF, and Task Only. Each group… read more
2019 The associations between individual differences in working memory and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning, DeKeyser, Robert M. (ed.), pp. 233–257 | Article
This paper reports on a study investigating the role of working memory in predicting L2 development under immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) conditions. A total of 106 seventh-grade EFL learners were assigned to three groups: Immediate CF, Delayed CF, and Task Only. Each group… read more
2019 Chapter 4. The relationship between task motivation and L2 motivation: An empirical study Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan, Wen, Zhisheng (Edward) and Mohammad Javad Ahmadian (eds.), pp. 67–92 | Chapter
This chapter reports a study investigating the underlying construct of task motivation and its relationship with general motivation in learning English. A task motivation questionnaire was designed based on in-depth interviews with a group of Chinese university EFL students and was then… read more
2018 Chapter 2. Data collection in the research on the effectiveness of corrective feedback: A synthetic and critical review Critical Reflections on Data in Second Language Acquisition, Gudmestad, Aarnes and Amanda Edmonds (eds.), pp. 33–62 | Chapter
This chapter seeks to provide a comprehensive and in-depth synthesis of the methods of data collection used in studies investigating the effectiveness of corrective feedback (CF). A total of 34 studies published between 2006 and 2017 in five top journals in second language acquisition were selected… read more
2017 Chapter 3. The effects of cognitive aptitudes on the process and product of L2 interaction: A synthetic review Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors, Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura (ed.), pp. 41–70 | Chapter
This study reports a comprehensive and in-depth synthesis of the theory and research on the role of working memory and language aptitude in mediating the process and product of second language (L2) interaction. The synthesis integrates meta-analysis and narrative review, using the former… read more