Title

¿Vera o Verra?

In this task the learner does...

In this task, the learner works with another classmate to pair up students participating in a Spanish conversation club.

General Topic

Hobbies or pasttimes

Task Flow

Pre- During- Post task phases

Language Characteristics

Non-linguistic outcome

Focus on meaning

Communicative gap

Reliance on learners' own resources

Task Goals

To solve a communication problem or gap

To make a decision or choice

Language Skills Practiced

Speaking/Pronunciation

Listening

General Domain

Educational

Target Languages

Spanish

Abilities Fostered

Linguistic competence (ability to communicate with grammatical accuracy)

Discourse competence (ability to communicate in cohesive and coherent ways)

Cognitive Skills

Classifying

Explaining

Gathering info

Organizing

Mode of Communication

Face-to-face (in person)

Digital (online)

Synchronous

Text chat

Type of Participation

Pair work

Focused or Unfocused

Focused task (specific language focus)

Focus Type

Pronunciation

Language Features

rhotics

Input/Output

Output prompting

Output Type

No specific aspect targeted

Type of Input

Pictorial input

Written input

Type of Output

Oral output

Type of Task

Two-way

Awareness-raising

Decision-making

Information-gap

Problem-solving

Task Features/Conditions

Here-and-now

No planning time

No reasoning demands

No prior knowledge required/assumed

Two/multiple-way information flow (dialogic)

Outcome

Open solution

Open structure

Appropriate Learners

13-18 years

18-22 years

22-40 years

40-60 years

60+ years

Proficiency Framework

No - I didn't follow a particular framework

Proficiency Levels

High beginners

Low intermediate

Mid intermediate

High intermediate

Low advanced

Mid advanced

High advanced

Learner Individual Differences

Lower anxiety

High willingness to communicate

Heritage language speakers

Foreign language learners

Second/additional language learners

Context

School setting - High school or university

Research setting - Research or computer lab

Face-to-face setting

Online setting

Second/additional language context

Foreign language context

Context Details

Academic purposes

Task-supported program

Used in Research?

No

Do you have plans to publish this in the future?

Yes

Part of a series?

No

Uploader Name

Avizia Long

Uploader Email

Uploader Affiliation

San José State University

Uploader Identity

Teacher - University Spanish

Researcher - Spanish second language acquisition

Administrator - Teaching Associate Coordinator

Uploader Relationship

I am the sole creator of this task

Creative Commons

Agreed

Citation

DOI (Direct link to this page)