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- Title
The Influence of Task Structure and Processing Conditions on Narrative Retellings.
- Authors
Skehan, Peter; Foster, Pauline
- Abstract
This article explores the effects of inherent task structure and processing load on performance on a narrative retelling task. Task performance is analyzed in terms of competition among fluency, complexity, and accuracy. In a study based on 47 young adult low-intermediate subjects the fluency of performance was found to be strongly affected by degree of inherent task structure; more structured tasks generated more fluent language. In contrast, complexity of language was influenced by processing load. Accuracy of performance seemed dependent on an interaction between the two factors of task structure and processing load. We discuss which aspects of performance receive attention by the language learner. The implications of such cross-sectional results for longer term language development are considered.
- Subjects
NARRATION; RHETORIC
- Publication
Language Learning, 1999, Vol 49, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
0023-8333
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9922.00071