Asier Calzada
List of John Benjamins publications in which Asier Calzada is involved.
2023 Chapter 4. Do task repetition and pretask focus on form instruction impact collaborative writing performance? Evidence from young learners L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts, Li, Mimi and Meixiu Zhang (eds.), pp. 80–108 | Chapter
This study examines the influence of task repetition (TR) and pretask focus on form instruction (FFI) on written collaborative production. Eighty-five low-proficiency EFL children carried out a dictogloss task twice: one targeting the 3rd person singular present “‑s”, and the other aiming at the… read more
2021 Effects of proficiency and collaborative work on child EFL individual dictogloss writing Research on EFL learning by young children in Spain, García Mayo, María del Pilar (ed.), pp. 246–274 | Article
Collaborative writing has been traditionally studied in terms of language-related episodes (LREs), which have been shown to be influenced by learner proficiency. Yet, the impact of collaboration on the written product has received less attention, especially regarding child EFL learners. Our… read more
2020 Child EFL learners’ attitudes towards a collaborative writing task: An exploratory study Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:1, pp. 52–72 | Article
The way learners engage with tasks can crucially impact on learning opportunities and, therefore, more attention is now being devoted to task affect. This study examines the attitudes of an underresearched population, child EFL learners, towards a collaborative dictogloss task. Thirty-two… read more
2020 Chapter 1. Child EFL grammar learning through a collaborative writing task Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching: A collection of empirical studies, Suzuki, Wataru and Neomy Storch (eds.), pp. 19–40 | Chapter
The present study analyzed the effects of completing a dictogloss task on the development of English grammar (3rd person singular -s and articles) in a foreign language primary school context. Fifty 11–12 year-old elementary EFL Spanish learners worked on a dictogloss task individually, and in… read more




