speaking task

collocation in English

meaningsofspeakingandtask

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speaking
noun[U]
uk
/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
us
/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
the act or skill of giving a speech at a ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/
us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofspeakingandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeaking task

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Oral proficiency was measured with aspeakingtaskthat solicited a five-minute speech sample and was scored based on a holistic scale.
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In thespeakingtask, four sentences for each of the six pictures were required; in the writing task a minimum of 200 words was required.
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An observation checklist designed for both a priori and a posteriori analysis ofspeakingtaskoutput has been developed.
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The experimental students' performance was superior to that of comparison students on discrete-point tests of grammatical gender, but not in a writing assignment orspeakingtask.
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Participants who had undergone the concurrentspeakingtaskare often compared to other participants of the study who had completed the same activity without subvocalization interference.
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There has been very little research on the actual ability of learners to cope with listening or speaking tasks, given knowledge of a specific proportion of the vocabulary required.
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However, this difference was found in only one of the two speaking tasks, and of the 13 measures, only one showed a statistically significant difference, and eight only approached significance.
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Akiyama also performed a comparative analysis on different types of speaking tasks and found that interviews and role plays were easier for students than descriptive tasks.
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In concurrent speaking tasks, participants of a study are asked to complete an activity specific to the experiment while simultaneously repeating an irrelevant word.
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Shadowing is conceptually similar to concurrent speaking tasks.
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