About the contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Series editors’ preface to volume 7 ix
5. Task-based language learning 1
6. PART I. Tenets, methods, and findings in task-oriented theory and research: The case of writing
7. The internal dimension of tasks 27
8. Reframing task performance 53
9. Theorizing language development at the intersection of ‘task’ and L2 writing 79
10. PART II. Empirical findings
11. Task repetition and L2 writing development 107
12. Planning and production in computer-mediated communication (CMC) writing 137
13. Task complexity and linguistic performance in advanced college-level foreign language writing 163
14. Differences across modalities of performance 193
15. Storyline complexity and syntactic complexity in writing and speaking tasks 217
16. Linking task and writing for language development 237
17. PART III. Coda
18. Task, task performance, and writing development 267
19. About the contributors 301
20. Author index 305
21. Subject index 309