Multiple Perspectives on Learner Interaction

The Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks

William J. Crawford, William J. Crawford, William Crawford

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781501511288
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Sprachen & Linguistik
• Subtopic: Sprachwissenschaft

In the field of Second Language Studies, shared datasets provide a valuable contribution to second language research as many variables are held constant (e.g., participants, tasks, research context) thus allowing for an evaluation of theoretical and/or methodological perspectives that may not otherwise be comparable. This edited volume includes a wide range of studies using a common dataset (the Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks). The corpus includes 820 spoken tasks (268,927 words) carried out by dyads of L2 English speakers (primarily Chinese and Arabic learners). Studies included in the book are categorized into three main traditions: learner corpus research, Task-Based Language Teaching, and assessment. Because the corpus contains text and sound files, both lexico-grammatical and phonological analyses are included. Intended for researchers in the field of Second Language Studies with an interest in oral interaction research, this book provides a collection of methodological, pedagogical, and assessment studies using a common dataset.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction Multiple Perspectives on Learner Interaction: The Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks
• Introduction to the Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks 1 Introduction
• A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of the Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks 1 Introduction
• Use of Phrase-frames in L2 Students’ Oral Production across Proficiency Sub-levels 1 Introduction
• Individual and Shared Assessment of ESL students’ Paired Oral Test Performance: Examining Rater Judgments and Lexico-grammatical Features 1 Introduction
• Exploring Multiple Profiles of Highly Collaborative Paired Oral Tasks in an L2 Speaking Test of English 1 Introduction
• Exploring the Impact of Situational Characteristics on the Linguistic Features of Spoken Oral Assessment Tasks
• Effects of Task and Gender on Interactive Spoken Fluency and the Mediating Role of Alignment
• ESL Students’ Use of Suprasegmental Features in Informative and Opinion-Based Tasks
• Appendix A Detailed Description of Tasks in the Corpus of Collaborative Oral Tasks (CCOT)
• Index