![]() |
[email protected] |
![]() |
3275638434 |
![]() |
![]() |
Paper Publishing WeChat |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
RAO Qing
Full-Text PDF
XML 287 Views
DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2023.11.010
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Task-Based Language Teaching has witnessed growing interest in the impact of task complexity on Second language (L2) learners’ linguistic performance. Within this field, the influence of resource-directing and resource-dispersing features of cognitive task complexity has attracted much attention. Research on task complexity focuses on the influence of different task features on language learners’ production in terms of linguistic complexity, accuracy, fluency and lexis. Within this field, a line of investigation that has attracted much attention is the influence of resource-directing and resource-dispersing features of cognitive task complexity. The review is helpful for better understanding of task complexity and allows to draw some preliminary pedagogical implications that may be useful for task-based syllabus design.
EFL learners, task complexity, ±Here-and-Now, CAF performance, task-based language teaching
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, November 2023, Vol. 13, No. 11, 865-870
Abdollahzadeh, S., & Kashani, A. F. (2011). The effect of task complexity on EFL learners’ narrative writing task performance. Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 8(2), 1-28.
Frear, M. W., & Bitchener, J. (2015). The effects of cognitive task complexity on writing complexity. Journal of Second Language Writing, 30, 45-57.
Ishikawa, T. (2007). The effect of manipulating task complexity along the [+/-Here-and-Now] dimension on L2 written narrative discourse. Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning, 136-156.
Kormos, J. (2011). Task complexity and linguistic and discourse features of narrative writing performance. Journal of Second Language Writing, 20(2), 148-161.
Kuiken, F., & Vedder, I. (2007). Task complexity and measures of linguistic performance in L2 writing. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 45(3), 261-284.
Kuiken, F., Vedder, I., & Matters, M. (2007). Cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in French L2 writing. Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning, 117-135.
Mohammadzadeh Mohammadabadi, A., Dabaghi, A., & Tavakoli, M. (2013). The effects of simultaneous use of pre-planning along (+/-Here-and-Now) dimension on fluency, complexity, and accuracy of Iranian EFL learners’ written performance. International Journal of Research Studies in Language Learning, 2(3), 49-65.
Nunan, D. (1989). Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rahimpour, M., & Hosseini, P. (2010). The impact of task complexity on L2 learners’ written narratives. English Language Teaching, 3(3), 198-205.
Richards, J. C., & Renandya, W. A. (Eds.). (2002). Methodology in language teaching: An anthology of current practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Robinson, P. (1995). Task complexity and second language narrative discourse. Language Learning, 45(1), 99-140.
Robinson, P. (2001). Task complexity, task difficulty, and task production: Exploring interactions in a componential framework. Applied Linguistics, 22(1), 27-57.
Robinson, P. (2015). The cognition hypothesis, second language task demands, and the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing. Domains and Directions in the Development of TBLT, 8, 87-121.
Ruiz-Funes, M. (2015). Exploring the potential of second/foreign language writing for language learning: The effects of task factors and learner variables. Journal of Second Language Writing, 28, 1-19.
Saeedi, M., Ketabi, S., & Kazerooni, S. R. (2012). The impacts of manipulating task complexity on EFL learners’ performance. Gema Online Journal of Language Studies, 12(4).
Salimi, A., Dadaspour, S., & Asadollahfam, H. (2011). The effect of task complexity on EFL learners’ written performance. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 29, 1390-1399.
Sánchez, L., & Kalamakis, S. Z. (2023). The interplay of task complexity (±Here-and-Now) and proficiency in shaping written narratives in Spanish as a foreign language. System, 112, 102949.
Skehan, P. (1998). A cognitive approach to language learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Skehan, P. (2003). Task-based instruction. Language Teaching, 36(1), 1-14.
Skehan, P. (2014). The context for researching a processing perspective on task performance. Processing Perspectives on Task Performance, 5, 1-26.
Skehan, P. (2015). Limited attention capacity and cognition. Domains and Directions in the Development of TBLT, 8, 123-155.
Skehan, P., & Foster, P. (1997). Task type and task processing conditions as influences on foreign language performance. Language Teaching Research, 1(3), 185-211.
Skehan, P., & Foster, P. (2001). Cognition and tasks (pp. 183-205). na.
Wang, Z., & Skehan, P. (2014). Structure, lexis, and time perspective. Processing Perspectives on Task Performance, 5, 155-185.
靳红玉, 王同顺. (2021). 任务复杂度、工作记忆容量与二语写作表现——学习者能动性的作用. 外语与外语教学, (03).
王静萍. (2013). 资源指引型的任务复杂度对二语写作语言表现的影响. 外语教学, (04), 65-68+104.
王丽萍, 吴红云, & ZHANG, J. L. (2020). 外语写作中任务复杂度对语言复杂度的影响. 现代外语, (04).
张煜杰 & 蒋景阳. (2020). 任务复杂度对二语写作复杂度和准确度的影响. 西安外国语大学学报, (04), 49-54.