Planning and Task Performance in a Second Language

1. Preface 2. Section 1. Introduction 3. 1. Planning and task-based performance: Theory and research (by Ellis, Rod) 4. Section 2. Task rehearsal 5. 2. Integrative planning through the use of task repetition (by Bygate, Martin) 6. Section 3. Strategic planning 7. 3. What do learners plan?: Learner-driven attention to form during pre-task planning (by Ortega, Lourdes) 8. 4. The effects of focussing on meaning and form in strategic planning (by Sanguran, Jiraporn) 9. 5. The effects of strategic planning on the oral narratives of learners with low and high intermediate L2 proficiency (by Kawauchi, Chieko) 10. Section 4. Within-task planning 11. 6. The effects of careful within-task planning on oral and written task performance (by Ellis, Rod) 12. 7. Strategic and on-line planning: The influence of surprise information and task time on second language performance (by Skehan, Peter) 13. Section 5. Planning in language testing 14. 8. Planning for test performance: Does it make a difference? (by Elder, Catherine) 15. 9. Strategic planning, task structure and performance testing (by Tavakoli, Parvaneh) 16. Section 6. Conclusion 17. 10. Planning as discourse activity: A sociocognitive view (by Batstone, Rob) 18. References 19. Index