The study sought to identify whether language use and collaborative
behaviour among students tend to differ in different types of activity. From the
findings obtained in this study, it can safely be concluded that the type of
activity exerts an influence on both the type and the quality of interaction in
speaking classes. Firstly, the task-based activity was characterised by more
negotiation of meaning indicated by the greater frequency of short turns and
questions, which revealed a greater volume of real life-like interaction taking
place. The topic-based activity led to less negotiation but it can be concluded