Travel fair carousel task: pairs present a destination to rotating visitors across immediate repetition cycles¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

Adapted from Lynch and Maclean (2001), pairs act as travel consultants persuading visitors to visit a chosen destination. Desks are set in a carousel; one student presents while the partner visits other stations asking meaningful questions, roles swap after all stations are visited, and "For a group of 12 students there will be 6 cycles of immediate repetition." A post-task vote on the favourite consultant feeds form-focused assessment.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• About 60 minutes of class time plus prior preparation; modelling of the presentation in class first; students must be able to present the whole work individually

Constraints¶

• The author finds it particularly interesting for beginners and intermediate students; with visitors from another group, students' comfort should be checked first

Target Learners¶

• beginner and intermediate additional language learners, used with all proficiency levels

Target Learning Goals¶

• persuasive and advisory language, question forms, fluency through repeated presentations

Affordances¶

• Task Repetition Slightly Altered Tasks

Claims¶

• Lynch and Maclean's carousel task showed immediate repetition benefits in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar [+W]
• Across repetition cycles, attention can shift from message meaning to linguistic form, enabling recycled language and self-correction [+W]
• Immediate task repetition benefits oral performance, including fluency, self-correction and reduced anxiety [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Anecdote task (my treasured possession): mingling retelling of a personal story across partner changes
• Decision-making restaurant-choice task: pairs merge into larger groups across cycles while re-choosing a restaurant

Examples¶

• Convert ordinary textbook or internet speaking tasks into immediate repetition tasks by adding interlocutor change or task alteration

Key Sources¶

• Rafael Zaccaron. (2019). Ideas for integrating meaningful immediate repetition tasks in the English as an additional language classroom: promoting fluency. BELT, 10(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2019.2.32988