This is the first book to synthesize Peter Skehan’s theoretical and empirical works in one volume. Organized around three distinct themes (theory, empirical studies, and assessment), this collection of Skehan’s influential body of work provides an updated reflection on the material and makes it relevant to today’s researchers.

Chapter 1. The Road to This BookSection I. TheoryIntroduction to the sectionChapter 2. A Framework for the Implementation of Task-Based Instruction. Chapter 3. Modelling second language performance: Integrating complexity, accuracy, fluency and lexisChapter 4. Limited Attentional Capacity and Cognition: Two hypotheses regarding second language performance on tasksChapter 5. Reflections on TheorySection II. Empirical WorkIntroduction to the sectionChapter 6. The influence of planning on performance in task-based learningChapter 7. Self-reported planning behaviour and second language performance in narrative retellingChapter 8. Lexical Performance by Native and Non-native Speakers on Language-Learning TasksChapter 9. Reflections on Planning Research Chapter 10. Reflections on Empirical Research Section III. Testing and Assessment Introduction to the SectionChapter 11. Tasks and language performanceChapter 12. Models of speaking and the assessment of second language proficiencyChapter 13. Reflections on AssessmentReferencesIndex