In:Second Language Cognitive Task Complexity: A research synthesis
Shoko Sasayama, Aleksandra Malicka and John M. Norris
[Task-Based Language Teaching 18] 2025
► pp. 137–161
Chapter 5Task characteristics
Published online: 26 June 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.18.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.18.c5
Article outline
- 5.1Task modality
- 5.2Task mode
- 5.2.1Task mode in production studies
- 5.2.2Task mode in comprehension studies
- 5.2.3Modality by mode combinations in production studies
- 5.3Task type
- 5.3.1Task types in production studies
- 5.3.1.1Story-retelling task
- 5.3.1.2Decision-making task
- 5.3.1.3Argumentative task
- 5.3.1.4Descriptive task
- 5.3.1.5Information exchange
- 5.3.1.6Personal narrative task
- 5.3.1.7Instruction-giving task
- 5.3.1.8Spot-the-difference task
- 5.3.1.9Integrated tasks
- 5.3.2Task types in comprehension studies
- 5.3.2.1Modality x mode x task type combinations in production tasks
- 5.3.1Task types in production studies
- 5.4Task length
- 5.4.1Task length in speaking tasks
- 5.4.2Task length in writing tasks
- 5.4.3Task length in comprehension studies
- 5.5Summary and conclusion
