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Direct linkRévész, Andrea; Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia; Mazgutova, Diana – Language Learning, 2017
This study investigated whether task complexity influences second language (L2) writers' fluency, pausing, and revision behaviors and the cognitive processes underlying these behaviors; whether task complexity affects linguistic complexity of written output; and whether relationships between writing behaviors and linguistic complexity are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Writing Skills
Huang, Alan – Language Awareness, 2020
Adopting a broader dialogical conceptual lens on interactive listening, this study examines advanced adult learners' language use and thought processes during a problem-solving task. Twenty English as a second language (L2) students from a Scottish university participated in the study. They worked in pairs on the task before taking part in…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Listening Comprehension, Problem Solving, English (Second Language)
Sarab, Mohamad Reza Anani; Gordani, Yahya – Cogent Education, 2015
Investigations into the use of private speech by adult English foreign language (EFL) learners in regulating their mental activities have been an interesting area of research with a sociocultural framework. Following this line of research, 30 advanced adult EFL learners were selected via the administration of Oxford quick placement test and took a…
Descriptors: Role, Inner Speech (Subvocal), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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
von Aufschnaiter, Claudia; von Aufschnaiter, Stefan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
In the literature, learners' cognitive development is mainly discussed with respect to changes in learners' content-dependent knowledge (conceptual change or growth). Additional dimensions of time and complexity may also be taken into account to describe cognitive processes in at least three dimensions. We discuss these three dimensions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
