| Author(s) | AliShehadeh |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Department of European Languages and Translation, College of Languages and Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Role of Comprehension Ability and Production Ability in |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Languages & Translation. Volume 11, No 1. (1999/1419) |
| Abstract | It is well-documented in the literature that the use of communication tasks in the second language (L2) classroom is of primary importance. However, until very recently, it has been strongly suggested that second language acquisition (SLA) is possible only by the exposition to and the provision of cOlhprehensible input. The role of production has been given a secondary role in SLA The aim ofthis paper is threefold: (1) It argues that opportunities for both the provision of comprehensible input and the production of comprehensible output are necessary for SLA (2) It provides a theoretical rationale and an SLA model for the choice of communication tasks in the L2 classroom, and (3) it provides a typology of these tasks and their possible contribution to SLA through the opportunities which they create for the provision of comprehensible input and the production of comprehensible output. |
