Nina Spada
List of John Benjamins publications in which Nina Spada is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1569-9471
Title
The COLT Observation Scheme: Digital versions and updated research applications. Second revised edition
Nina Spada
This volume presents the second edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the book’s original publication, COLT has become well established as a research instrument in L2 teaching and learning. This new edition brings COLT into the 21st century… read more[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 60] 2024. vii, 210 pp.
Articles
2025 Chapter 9. Reflecting on task-based language teaching from an Instructed SLA perspective Broadening the Horizon of TBLT: Plenary addresses from the second decade of the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, East, Martin (ed.), pp. 164–182 | Chapter
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) have much in common in terms of theory, research, and educational relevance. The distinguishing characteristic between the two is that TBLT adopts communicative tasks as the central unit for instruction and… read more
2019 Chapter 10. Discussion: Balancing methodological rigor and pedagogical relevance Doing SLA Research with Implications for the Classroom: Reconciling methodological demands and pedagogical applicability, DeKeyser, Robert M. and Goretti Prieto Botana (eds.), pp. 201–216 | Chapter
In this chapter I reflect on the contributions to this volume with respect to two guiding criteria: Relevance to classroom applications and Advantages and challenges of methodology. I examine the goals, focus, and research questions investigated in the descriptive, quasi-experimental and… read more
2006 4. The effectiveness of corrective feedback for the acquisition of L2 grammar: A meta-analysis of the research Synthesizing Research on Language Learning and Teaching, Norris, John M. and Lourdes Ortega (eds.), pp. 133–164 | Chapter