Research on planning in the task-based approach has become a niche of research in its own. The present study attempted to shed some light on the effects of peer-planning by comparing the oral performance of 16 learners of English as a foreign language attending the 7 th semester of a Letras Program, who performed a monological task in either an individual or a peer planning condition. Learners" performance was quantitatively analyzed in terms of fluency, complexity, and accuracy, revealing no

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... atistically significant differences between the groups. Besides that, post-task questionnaires were administered so as to unveil learners" impressions regarding the processes they embarked on while planning and their opinions about the conditions in which they planned. Overall, participants reported to embark on the processes of message organization and formulation, and perceived the planning condition, be it individual or collaborative, as beneficial.