This study explores the key themes of tasks; spoken language production; task characteristics and task conditions and their influence on students’ language production. The research question is as follows.
How do different task characteristics and task conditions impact on the students’ spoken language production in their English literature course?
The context of the study is set in the literature elective course in a university of science and technology in China. Following the context, the literature review will be expatiated on tasks, language production, task characteristics and task conditions and their influence on language production. For this research project, the research methodology section will first establish the philosophical paradigm pragmatism and select the mixed method research design. The research plan will be proposed with 3 phrases of research on the role play tasks with varied task characteristics and pre-task planning conditions. Data will then be collected and analyzed to see the varied task characteristics and task conditions and their influence on students’ spoken language production.

spoken language production; task characteristics and task conditions and their influence on students’ language production.