Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy: in honour of Peter Skehan

Series editors preface -- Acknowledgements -- Profile of Peter Skehan -- Foreword: The many contributions of Peter Skehan / Michael H. Long -- Introduction and overview / Mohammad Javad Ahmadian and Zhisheng (Edward) Wen -- Part I. Underlying constructs and emerging perspectives: 1. Task preparedness / Rod Ellis -- 2. Automaticity, fluency and second language task performance / Parvaneh Tavakoli -- 3. Task motivation: What makes an L2 task engaging? / Zoltán Dnyei -- 4. The relationship between task motivation and L2 motivation: An empirical study / Qiong Wang and Shaofeng Li -- Part II. Task complexity and performance: 5. Unravelling cognitive task complexity: Learning from learners' perspectives on task characteristics and second language performance / Shoko Sasayama and John Norris -- 6. The effects of task demands on linguistic complexity and accuracy across task types and L1/L2 speakers / Marije Michel, Andrea Révész, Danni Shi and Yanmei Li -- 7. The effects of reasoning demands on Chinese EFL learners' oral performance and cognitive processes / Jiaxin Xing and Shaoqian Luo -- 8. Peter Skehan's influence in research on task difficulty: A bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace / Liping Wang and Lawrence Jun Zhang -- Part III. Task pedagogy and L2 development: 9. Strategic planning and repetition as metacognitive processes in task performance: Implications for EFL learners' speech production / Raquel D'Ely, Mailce Borges Mota and Martin Bygate -- 10. Input-based tasks in the French language classroom / Rosemary Erlam -- 11. Task-readiness and L2 task performance across proficiency levels / Gavin Bui -- 12. Task-induced second language development: A micro-genetic study / Craig Lambert -- Epilogue: 13. Task-based analysis and the competition model / Brian MacWhinney -- List of contributors -- Index