Unfocused communicative tasks elicit significantly more meaning negotiation than focused tasks among intermediate EFL learners¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Unfocused tasks produced a higher frequency of meaning negotiation than focused tasks, a statistically significant difference. → Roohani 2022

Evidence¶

Roohani 2022¶

Roohani, A., & Esmaeili, M. (2022). Effect of (Un)Focused Tasks on L2 Learners' Meaning Negotiation and Negotiation Strategy. PASAA, 63. https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2287-0024 doi:10.58837/chula.pasaa.63.1.12

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Counterbalanced performance study of 36 Iranian intermediate EFL learners completing four oral tasks; frequency analysis of transcribed ten-minute segments showed "the unfocused tasks (74%) achieved higher rates of negotiation than the focused ones (26%)"; no effect size reported.

"the Chi-square results revealed that the differences in the amount of meaning negotiation between focused and unfocused communicative tasks were statistically significant (χ2 = 27.77, p = .001)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Task condition (decision-making vs. opinion-exchange) did not significantly moderate the amount of meaning negotiation — related
• Task condition (decision-making vs. opinion-exchange) did not significantly moderate negotiation strategy use — related
• Unfocused tasks elicit significantly more confirmation checks and clarification requests than focused tasks — a narrower finding that bears on this claim