Bui, G, Ahmadian, MJ orcid.org/0000-0003-3458-1854 and Hunter, A-M (2019) Spacing effects on repeated L2 task performance. System, 81. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0346-251X
Abstract
This study aimed to explore task repetition (TR) under five performance conditions with different intervals between the initial and repeated performance. 71 adult learners of English as a foreign language performed a picture description task and, according to their randomly assigned groups, repeated the same, unanticipated task with either no interval (immediate repetition), a one-day, a three-day, a one-week, or a two-week interval. Performance was assessed using a range of measures which capture the three dimensions of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF). Results showed that, overall, TR had a positive effect on L2 performance regardless of the length of intervals. Spacing appeared to mediate the effects of TR in terms of fluency and structural complexity with speed fluency benefitting most from immediate or small intervals between initial and repeated performances. Structural complexity and repair fluency scores were higher with an interval of one week between performances. Findings are discussed in terms of underlying speech production processing and the implementation of TR in the language classroom.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in System. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2018 13:49 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.system.2018.12.006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139941 |