Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Series editors’ preface to Volume 2 xi
6. Part 1. Cognition, task complexity, language learning, and performance
7. Chapter 1. Second language task complexity, the Cognition Hypothesis, language learning, and performance 3
8. Chapter 2. Speech production and the Cognition Hypothesis 39
9. Chapter 3. Corpus-driven methods for assessing accuracy in learner production 61
10. Part 2. Researching the effects of task complexity across task types and modes of L2 performance
11. Chapter 4. Task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing and speaking 91
12. Chapter 5. Manipulating task complexity across task types and modes 105
13. Part 3. Researching the effects of task complexity on L2 interaction, modified output, and uptake
14. Chapter 6. Effects of task complexity and interaction on L2 performance 141
15. Chapter 7. Task complexity, modified output, and L2 development in learner–learner interaction 175
16. Chapter 8. Task complexity, uptake of recasts, and L2 development 203
17. Part 4. Researching the influence of learner characteristics and perceptions on simple and complex L2 task performance
18. Chapter 9. When individual differences come into play 239
19. Chapter 10. Working memory capacity and narrative task performance 267
20. Chapter 11. Task complexity, language anxiety, and the development of the simple past 287
21. Chapter 12. Examining the influence of intentional reasoning demands on learner perceptions of task difficulty and L2 monologic speech 307
22. Author index 331
23. Subject index 337