Table of contents
List of contributors
Series editors’ preface to volume 7
Task-based language learning: Insights from and for L2 writing - an introduction
PART I. Tenets, methods, and findings in task-oriented theory and research: The case of writing
The internal dimension of tasks: The interaction between task factors and learner factors in bringing about learning through writing
Reframing task performance: The relationship between tasks, strategic behaviour, and linguistic knowledge in writing
Theorizing language development at the intersection of ‘task’ and L2 writing: Reconsidering complexity
PART II. Empirical findings
Task repetition and L2 writing development: A longitudinal study from a Dynamic Systems perspective
Planning and production in computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing
Task complexity and linguistic performance in advanced college-level foreign language writing
Differences across modalities of performance: An investigation of linguistic and discourse complexity in narrative tasks
Storyline complexity and syntactic complexity in writing and speaking tasks
Linking task and writing for language development: Evidence from a genre-based curricular approach
PART III. Coda
Task, task performance, and writing development: Advancing the constructs and the research agenda
About the contributors
Author index
Subject index
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