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Direct linkTrebits, Anna – Applied Linguistics, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cognitive task complexity and individual differences in input, processing, and output anxiety (IPOA) on L2 narrative production. The participants were enrolled in a bilingual secondary educational program. They performed two narrative tasks in speech and writing. The participants' level of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Input Output Analysis, Anxiety
Wang, Chuming; Wang, Min – Applied Linguistics, 2015
This article aims to uncover how L2 writing is affected by alignment, a socio-cognitive process involving dynamic coordination and adaptation. For this, two studies were conducted. Study 1 required two groups of 24 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) to continue in English two stories with their endings removed, both of which had a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Films
Ren, Wei – Applied Linguistics, 2014
The present study longitudinally investigates the cognitive processes of advanced L2 learners engaged in a multimedia task that elicited status-equal and status-unequal refusals in English during their study abroad. Data were collected three times by retrospective verbal report from 20 Chinese learners who were studying abroad over the course of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Cognitive Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Pragmatics
Chan, Alice Y. W. – Applied Linguistics, 2012
This article reports on the results of a study which investigated advanced Cantonese English as a Second Language (ESL) learners' use of a monolingual dictionary for determining the meanings of familiar English words used in less familiar contexts. Thirty-two university English majors in Hong Kong participated in a dictionary consultation task,…
Descriptors: Sentences, Grammar, Second Languages, Monolingualism
Ellis, Rod – Applied Linguistics, 2009
The main purpose of this article is to review studies that have investigated the effects of three types of planning (rehearsal, pre-task planning, and within-task planning) on the fluency, complexity, and accuracy of L2 performance. All three types of planning have been shown to have a beneficial effect on fluency but the results for complexity…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Individual Differences, Classroom Communication, Oral Language
Peer reviewedRobinson, Peter – Applied Linguistics, 2001
Describes a framework for examining the effects of the cognitive complexity of tasks on language production and learner perceptions of task difficulty, and for motivating sequencing decisions in task-based syllabuses. Results of a study of the relationship between task complexity, difficulty and production show that increasing the cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Language Proficiency, Language Research
