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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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Rosa Maria Manchón; Sophie McBride; María Dolores Mellado Martínez; Olena Vasylets – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study examined the independent effects of working memory (WM) and the interactive effects of WM/L2 proficiency and WM/task complexity on L2 written performance. The study followed a within--between-participant factorial design, with two levels of task complexity as the within-participant variable and L2 proficiency and WM as…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis
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I. Mañas Navarrete; E. Rosado Villegas; S. Mujcinovic; N. Fullana Rivera – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
The Imperfect/Preterite aspectual contrast is one of the most studied topics in Spanish as a second language research. However, there are few works focused on describing the acquisition of modal uses of the Imperfect by L2 speakers. This paper investigates the L1 Russian L2 Spanish speakers' mastery of politeness, evidential and nonfactual modal…
Descriptors: Grammar, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Advanced Students
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Seyede Faezeh Hosseini Alast; Sasan Baleghizadeh – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The aim of this experiment was to investigate how glossing influences second language (L2) reading comprehension in relation to text difficulty and the two local and global meaning representations. Fifty-eight undergraduate students were asked to read three easy, moderate, and difficult texts and, following each passage, answer twenty…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Reading Materials, Second Language Learning
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Li Qian; Sarimah Shamsudin; Zuraidah Mohd Don – SAGE Open, 2024
The pervasive use of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) in second language (L2) learning has generated increasing interest among researchers in integrating SCMC with task-based language teaching (TBLT). This study examined the effects of task complexity on Chinese EFL learners' language production in SCMC modality to develop…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Task Analysis
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Weiyi Li; Jookyoung Jung – Language Awareness, 2024
The present study investigated how Cantonese speakers learning English as a second language (L2) would comprehend English irony and whether their L2 proficiency and use would moderate their irony processing. Thirty Cantonese speakers with differing English proficiency (intermediate vs advanced) were asked to complete an irony comprehension task in…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
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Mu-Hsuan Chou – Educational Psychology, 2023
Approaches to learning a second/foreign language can be affected by such individual differences as personality traits, motivational variables, and task difficulty. Personality traits have been proven to influence academic achievement, but their effects on motivation and language learning approaches remain unanswered. The first purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Personality Traits, Resilience (Psychology), Task Analysis
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Budi Waluyo; Ali Zahabi; Luksika Ruangsung – rEFLections, 2024
The increasing popularity of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in non-native English-speaking countries has generated a demand for concrete examples in the creation of CEFR-based tests that assess the four main English skills. In response, this research endeavors to provide insight into the development and validation of a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Undergraduate Students, Language Skills
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Samad, Mujahitha Abdul – English Language Teaching, 2022
In many parts of the world, learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) often face language difficulties and challenges in their performance in learning. These challenges and errors have multiple forms and causes, covering various language and skills aspects. This study focuses on the types of grammatical…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Xuyan Qiu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Task complexity and communication modes are two task design and implementation factors that have been found to affect second language (L2) learners' oral performance. While increasing task complexity and developing tasks according to the features of face-to-face and computer-mediated communication modes can optimise L2 production, few studies…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kim, Hyunjoo – English Teaching, 2023
In L2 pragmatics, only a few studies have examined task complexity. Furthermore, the existing studies have predominantly focused on the cognitive dimension and have lacked consistent findings. González-Lloret and Ortega (2018) and Pallotti (2019) have thereby contended that socio-interactional features be incorporated into task design. Along this…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Difficulty Level, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Lee, Eshani N.; Orgill, MaryKay; Kardash, CarolAnne – Multicultural Education, 2020
General chemistry is a mandatory course for those in pursuit of careers in various allied health and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. However, many students find chemistry difficult. For English language learners (ELLs), the situation is especially demanding, as these students are required to learn the specialized…
Descriptors: Chemistry, English Language Learners, College Science, Science Instruction
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Grain, Hayder Mohammed Jawad Salih; Al-gburi, Ghufran; Suleiman, Osama Wael; Alghazali, Tawfeeq; Kadhim, Ahmed Jalil; Hassan, Aalaa Yaseen; Dawood, Imad Ibrahim – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The ability of international graduates to grasp a foreign language has become increasingly important as the demand for English-speaking workers has grown worldwide. To this end, several strategies for encouraging the use of English in academic settings have been implemented. International students' academic success may suffer if colleges refuse to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tantiwich, Kornsak; Sinwongsuwat, Kemtong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
As part of the effort to elevate the oral English proficiency of Thai EFL learners, this paper explores university students' target-deviant English use in conversation, which should be systematically tackled in conversation teaching. Data examined included 41 two-three-minute video-recorded role-play dialogues from two English conversation…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Student Attitudes, Phonemes, Phonology
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Chew, Chiou Sheng; Idris, Norisma; Loh, Er Fu; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Chua, Yan Piaw; Bimba, Andrew Thomas – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
This paper focuses on the design and evaluation of a theory-based computer-assisted summary writing learning environment called Summary Writing-PAL (SW-PAL). The SW-PAL was developed based on four aspects: summarizing strategies, learning theories, prior knowledge, and cognitive load. A quasi-experiment that involved 58 undergraduates majoring in…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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