Native Speakers and Task Performance: Comparing Effects on Complexity, Fluency, and Lexical Diversity

Foster, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-7431 and Tavakoli, Parvaneh (2009) Native Speakers and Task Performance: Comparing Effects on Complexity, Fluency, and Lexical Diversity. Language Learning, 59 (4). pp. 866-896. ISSN 1467-9922 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00528.x

This article argues that a native-speaker baseline is a neglected dimension of studies into second language (L2) performance.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Date Deposited:	04 May 2012 14:32
URI:	https://research.stmarys.ac.uk/id/eprint/67
Related Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00528.x
Uncontrolled Keywords:	REF2014; Storyline complexity; Native speaker performance; Task effects; Narrative structure; Processing capacity
Research area:	401 Language philosophy & theory
School/Department:	School of Arts and Humanities