Challenges in Task Design for Learners of Russian with a Low Level of Proficiency

10 pages•Published: February 23, 2017

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to analyze some of the issues related to task design in Russian on the basis of a pilot study carried out with 19 bilingual Catalan- and Spanish-speaking participants. They performed six form-focused tasks targeted at the use of case forms and verbs of movement in Russian. Although some problems in task design were detected, t-test showed that learners improved significantly in the use of the target forms.

Keyphrases: focus on form, russian as a foreign language, task based language teaching, task complexity, task design

In: Chelo Vargas-Sierra (editor). Professional and Academic Discourse: an Interdisciplinary Perspective, vol 2, pages 82-91.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/VcLh
	https://doi.org/10.29007/5z5g

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{AESLA2016:Challenges_Task_Design_Learners,
  author    = {Elena Markina},
  title     = {Challenges in Task Design for Learners of Russian with a Low Level of Proficiency},
  booktitle = {Professional and Academic Discourse: an Interdisciplinary Perspective},
  editor    = {Chelo Vargas-Sierra},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Language and Linguistics},
  volume    = {2},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-5283},
  url       = {/publications/paper/VcLh},
  doi       = {10.29007/5z5g},
  pages     = {82-91},
  year      = {2017}}

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