Do Writing Tasks Affect Speech Production? :

A Quantitative Analysis of the Degree to Which Quantity of Speech and Breadth of Vocabulary can be Increased by Performing Writing Tasks

Abstract

This study is a quantitative examination of how interspersing a composition task between two speaking tasks with identical topics will affect content and quantity of the speech produced in the second speaking task. It demonstrates that performing such a writing task increases both the breadth of vocabulary produced and the level of abstraction in the second speaking task. The results suggest that a combination of writing and speaking tasks can lead to an increase in the overall competence on language production.