任务执行标准和二语学习者的口语产出

本研究旨在探讨任务执行标准对二语学习者口语产出的影响。72名中国英语学习者随机结成36个对子,再分成两个实验组(高标准组和低标准组)和一个对照组,每组分别完成两个图片故事任务。两个实验组在执行任务之前被告知在任务完成后分别需要完成一项要求较高或较低的活动,对照组无任何任务后要求。结果显示任务执行标准对参与者口语产出的数量、句式多样性和流利性均产生了正面影响。这一结果对二语教学实践具有重要启示。

Task Performance Criteria and Second Language Learners' Speech Production

This study aims to investigate how task performance criteria might affect the speech of second language learners.Seventy-two Chinese EFL learners were randomly paired and divided into one control and two experimental groups(high criterion and low criterion).Each group was asked to perform two picture-story tasks.Both the experimental groups were informed at the outset that they would be asked to perform either a demanding or less demanding additional activity upon completing the baseline task.No such requirement was imposed on the control group.It was found that performance criteria had a positive effect on the participants’ speech in terms of productivity,phrasal complexity,and mean length of run.The results provide useful pedagogical implications.