Amos van Gelderen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Amos van Gelderen is involved.
2020 The effects of instructional focus and task type on pre-vocational learners’ ability in EFL oral interaction ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 171:2, pp. 153–190 | Article
Little is known about the effect of diverging pedagogies on the development of interactional oral skills in a foreign language. In a controlled study, we evaluated three newly developed instructional programmes that were situated in the same training context, but that differed in instructional… read more
1996 Beoordeling Van Spreekvaardigheid en de Invloed Van 'Settings'; Theorie Voor de Praktijk Spreken in moedertaal en vreemde taal, pp. 153–164 | Article
Rating of speaking ability in educational contexts is often confronted with the problem of selecting the most relevant criteria. Researchers as well as teachers are forced to design a rating scheme for each setting on an ad hoc basis. The most important characteristics of the setting are briefly… read more
1994 Het Verbeteren van Andermans Tekst; Evaluaties, Diagnoses en Effectieve Revisies van Leerlingen Eind Basisschool Taalproduktie, pp. 67–77 | Article
Results of a study into revision skills of 32 elementary school pupils (grades 5-6) are presented. A further analysis is given based upon concrete revisions these students have carried out and on their verbalizations during the process. The experimental task consisted of revising a given… read more
1991 De Kennis Van 11- en 12-Jarigen Over Tekstproductie; Leerlingen Aan Het Woord Schrijven in moedertaal en vreemde taal, pp. 68–79 | Article
In a study of composition skills of students in the highest grades of primary school four experimental tasks were administered to 32 subjects. Each was designed with the purpose to find specific knowledge and strategies for producing written text that are available to children of this age. In all… read more