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The Use of Conjunctions in Cognitively Simple versus Complex Oral L2 Tasks
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Michel, Marije C. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The present study explores the use of conjunctions in simple versus complex argumentative tasks performed by second language (L2) learners as a specific measure for the amount of reasoning involved in task performance. The Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson, 2005) states that an increase in cognitive task complexity promotes improvements in L2…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Performance, Language Usage