Task sequencing on oral performance in Portuguese as a foreign language

• Published in: Moderna språk Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 70 - 88
• Main Author: Santos, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Föreningen Tidskriften Moderna språk 01.01.2024
• Subjects: complexity, accuracy, and fluency; Portuguese as a foreign language; Simplify, Stabilise/ Automatise/ Restructure, Complexify (SSARC); task sequencing; task-based syllabus design

This empirical study examined Robinson’s (2010, 2015, 2022) Simplify, Stabilise/ Automatise/ Restructure, Complexify (SSARC) instructional design model of task sequencing. Thirty-four university learners of Portuguese as a foreign language participated in the research. The analysis employed a monolo...