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Unraveling the Effects of Task Sequencing on the Syntactic Complexity, Accuracy, Lexical Complexity, and Fluency of L2 Written Production

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Abdi Tabari, Mahmoud; Miller, Michol – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021

Although several studies have explored the effects of task sequencing on second language (L2) production, there is no established set of criteria to sequence tasks for learners in L2 writing classrooms. This study examined the effect of simple ?complex task sequencing manipulated along both resource-directing (± number of elements) and…

Descriptors: Language Fluency, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction

Toward a Model of Strategies and Summary Writing Performance

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Yang, Hui-Chun – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014

This study explores the construct of a summarization test task by means of single-group and multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM). It examines the interrelationships between strategy use and performance, drawing on data from 298 Taiwanese undergraduates' summary essays and their self-reported strategy use. Single-group SEM analyses…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Writing Skills, Language Tests