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Many studies have been conducted on the role of input and output and a few even on input processing in SLA. However, the complicated cognitive processing involved in the minds of the multilingual, mixed ability Indian learners has never been captured in depth. The two experimental tasks—Seminar Speech Task (SST) and Written Test Performance Task (WTPT)—were designed to capture the complexities involved in information processing and input processing. The Seminar Speech Task (SST) is discussed in depth in the present chapter. The analysis of the spoken output is based on a study of errors and self-correction, self-monitoring, fluency strategies, organization of discourse in classroom task performance. This study also examines acquisition versus learning distinction because we believe the learnt system seems to be operating in form-focused tasks and the acquired system seems to be operating in communicative tasks. Based on these criteria the students are categorized as information processors and input processors. The SST gives us insights into the information and input processing of text sources for spoken task performance.
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Narang, V., Priya, S., Chaudhry, V. (2016). Second Language Acquisition in Mixed Ability Classrooms: Seminar Speech Task (SST). In: Second Language Acquisition in Multilingual and Mixed Ability Indian Classrooms. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2604-8_3
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