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The Role of Language for Thinking and Task Selection in EFL Learners' Oral Collocational Production
Author(s) -
Wang HungChun,
Shih SuChin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2011.01135.x
Subject(s) - psychology , foreign language , task (project management) , competence (human resources) , linguistics , selection (genetic algorithm) , metacognition , english as a foreign language , pronunciation , task analysis , speech production , language proficiency , collocation (remote sensing) , communicative competence , mathematics education , computer science , cognition , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , social psychology , philosophy , management , machine learning , economics , neuroscience
This study investigated how English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' types of language for thinking and types of oral elicitation tasks influence their lexical collocational errors in speech. Data were collected from 42 English majors in Taiwan using two instruments: (1) 3 oral elicitation tasks and (2) an inner speech questionnaire. The study revealed that types of language for thinking affected production of lexical collocations in speaking. Regarding potential task effect, learners had a higher inaccuracy rate of collocation in prepared speech than in the other tasks, with the disparity less than significant. The researchers discuss pedagogical implications for speaking instruction by highlighting the importance of metacognitive strategy training to the enhancement of EFL learners' speaking competence.