The Effects of Repetition of Different Task Types on the Fluency, Complexity and Accuracy of Turkish EFL Learners’ Oral Production

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Year-Number: 2014-Volume 2 Issue 2
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Language : English
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Number of pages: 141-163
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“Underlying most current research in SLA is the assumption that some level of attention to form is needed for language acquisition to take place” (Radwan, 2005, p.70). It can be done through task design (Fotos & Ellis, 1991), pre-task and post-task activities (Doughty, 1991) and consciousness-raising activities (Willis, 1996). The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of repetition of different task types on fluency, accuracy and complexity of participants. Three task types (personal task, narrative task and decision-making task) were used in this research and the effects of repetition of these three task types on the development of participants’ oral production were studied. This study was conducted with 60 EFL students (males and females) who were studying ELT and Medicine at Ataturk University and ELL in Manchester Language School. .To examine the effects of repetition of different task types on fluency, accuracy, and complexity of learners, participants’ performances on the first attempt and second attempt of the same task were recorded and scored. In order to answer research questions the data were submitted to statistical analysis including paired t-test. The findings of the study indicate that greatest level of improvement on fluency obtained through repeating the narrative task and development in accuracy of participants gained through the repeating of personal task.

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