The Influence of Pretask Instructions and Pretask Planning on Learners' Focus on Form During Task -Based Interaction

For task-based interaction, the results revealed a main effect of language focus and an interaction effect involving instructions and language focus. That is, the learners focused more on lexis than morphosyntax irrespective of planning and instruction types, but the difference between lexis and morphosyntax focus was reduced for the specific compared to the general instructions. However, there were no main effects of instructions and planning, as well as no interaction between planning and instructions, planning and language focus, or planning, instructions, and language focus. In terms of what the learners did while planning, the overall results indicated that both general and specific planners paid the greatest attention to content and organization, followed by lexis and grammar, which suggests that the pretask instructions did not affect what learners did during planning time.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Park, Sujung

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cziko, Gary A.
• Kim McDonough

• Speech Communication

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3250309

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79968