Chapter 1 Sidesteps towards Applied Linguistics 1
Section One THEORY 47
Section One:Prologue 47
Chapter 2 A Frameworkfor the Implementation of Task-based Instruction 49
Chapter 3 Modelling Second Language Performance:Integrating Complexity,Accuracy,Fluency and Lexis 81
Section One:Epilogue 112
Section Two EMPIRICAL WORK 121
Section Two:Prologue 121
Chapter 4 The Influence of Planning and Task Type on Second Language Performance(with Pauline Foster) 125
Chapter 5 Lexical Performance by Native and Non-native Speakers on Language-Learning Tasks 161
Chapter 6 Complexity,Accuracy,Fluency and Lexis in Task-based Performance:A Meta-analysis of the Ealing Research(with Pauline Foster) 185
Section Two:Epilogue 217
Section Three TESTING AND ASSESSMENT 223
Section Three:Prologue 223
Chapter 7 Tasks and Language Performance Assessment 227
Chapter 8 Models of Speaking and the Assessment of Second Language Proficiency 251
Section Three:Epilogue 267
Section Four PEDAGOGY 273
Section Four:Prologue 273
Chapter 9a Implementing Task-based Instruction 277
Chapter 9b Adapting Instruction for Learner Differences 319
Chapter 10 Focus on Form,Tasks,and Technology 331
Chapter 11 Task Research and Language Teaching:Reciprocal Relationships 355
Chapter 12 A Non-marginal Role for Tasks 375
Section Four:Epilogue 386
Chapter 13 The Final Epilogue 397
Bibliography 419