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Examining the Relative Effects of Task Complexity and Cognitive Demands on Students' Writing in a Second Language
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Xu, Ting Sophia; Zhang, Lawrence Jun; Gaffney, Janet S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
While many studies have investigated the effect of task complexity on L2 writing, little has been reported on the effects of intended task complexity manipulations on task-generated cognitive demands in L2 writing. This study, therefore, was designed to examine the relative effects of task complexity and cognitive demands on students' L2 writing.…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes
Learning Condition, Linguistic Complexity, and First Language Transfer in Semiartificial Language Learning: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Tagarelli et al. (2016)
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Gao, Jianwu; Ma, Shuang – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study explored the interaction between learning conditions, linguistic complexity, and first language (L1) syntactic transfer in semiartificial grammar learning by conceptually replicating and extending Tagarelli et al. (2016). We changed the L1 background, elicited production data during debriefing, and added a binary mixed-effects logistic…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Difficulty Level, Syntax, Artificial Languages