LINGUIST List 22.3882 Wed Oct 05 2011 Books: Applied Ling/Lang Acquisition/Cog Sci/Ling Theories: Robinson Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , Second Language Task Complexity: Robinson Message 1: Second Language Task Complexity: Robinson Date: 04-Oct-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Second Language Task Complexity: Robinson E-mail this message to a friend Title: Second Language Task Complexity Subtitle: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of language learning and performance Series Title: Task-Based Language Teaching 2 Published: 2011 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/tblt.2 Editor: Peter Robinson Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290274 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027290274 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207197 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207197 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 99.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207197 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 104.94 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027207203 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 33.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027207203 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 49.95 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027207203 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 34.98 Abstract: Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to task performance, than simpler tasks. Implications are drawn concerning the basic pedagogic claim of the Cognition Hypothesis, that tasks should be sequenced for learners from simple to complex during syllabus design. Containing theoretical discussion of the Cognition Hypothesis, and cutting-edge empirical studies of the effects of task complexity on second language learning and performance, this book will be important reading for language teachers, graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive and educational psychology. Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             Cognitive Science                             Language Acquisition                             Linguistic Theories Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=57758 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. 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