Caroline Payant
List of John Benjamins publications for which Caroline Payant plays a role.
Articles
2023 Engaging lower proficiency learners of Spanish in collaborative writing tasks Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 36:2, pp. 643–671 | Article
This study examines the influence of task complexity on collaborative dialogue and written texts with lower proficiency learners of Spanish. English-speaking students of Spanish from two intact classrooms (N = 24) were assigned to a simple or a complex writing group. In dyads, learners completed… read more
2022 “Very easy, it’s an English class, therefore they should not rely on a French text”: English language teachers’ beliefs regarding L1 use for literacy instruction Language Teaching for Young Learners 4:1, pp. 143–170 | Article
In the context of additional language (AL) learning, teachers need to focus on the development of language proficiency as well as on high-level literacy skills, for example, comprehending and evaluating information and creating new meaning. From a plurilingual perspective, AL learners’ first… read more
2018 Chapter 5. Task modality effects on Spanish learners’ interlanguage pragmatic development Task-Based Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Pragmatics, Taguchi, Naoko and YouJin Kim (eds.), pp. 113–136 | Chapter
Within the field of second language acquisition (SLA), we have witnessed a rise in research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) and its effects on L2 development (Kim, 2015). However, few studies have examined how TBLT could facilitate the development of interlanguage pragmatics (Taguchi & Kim,… read more