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Changlin Li; Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi; Mohammad Musab Azmat Ali – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
To investigate how task complexity cognitive factors influence the lexical complexity in essay writing, this study was guided by Robinson's Cognition Hypothesis (CH) and Skehan's Limited Attentional Capacity Model (LACM), and examined the effects of task complexity on lexical complexity in undergraduates' essay writing. Using Lu's Lexical…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Lexicology, Cognitive Processes
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Elizabeth M. Hughes; Paul J. Riccomini; Joo-Young Lee; Michelle J. Cook; Kaleena A. Selfridge – Elementary School Journal, 2024
This exploratory study evaluated the effects of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) on students' written expression when asked to solve a word problem and explain reasoning. A secondary question evaluated potential for differential effects based on determination of having mathematics difficulty (MD). We implemented a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Logical Thinking, Writing Across the Curriculum, Self Management
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Omid Mallahi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
The present study explores the status of argumentative essay writing strategy use and identifies the problems a convenient sample of Iranian EFL learners face while writing argumentative essays in English. Adopting a complementary process-genre approach and a mixed-methods research design, the researcher designed a genre-specific argumentative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Essays, Persuasive Discourse
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Ning Fan; Yingying Ma – SAGE Open, 2024
Researchers have been investigating the effects of different planning conditions on learners' second language (L2) writing performance. However, whether such effects differ regarding specific planning conditions and task complexity has remained underexplored. This study examined the effects of pre-task planning (PTP) versus unpressured online…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Syntax