THE EFFECT OF TASK COMPLEXITY ON WRITING PRODUCTION
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and learning is a growing area in SLA research. It has gained its rightful place in language teaching. TBLT suggests sequencing tasks from simple to complex in order to design a syllabus. However; research on the effects of task-complexity on written productions...
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University of Constantine 1, Algéria
2020-12-01
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Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and learning is a growing area in SLA research. It has gained its rightful place in language teaching. TBLT suggests sequencing tasks from simple to complex in order to design a syllabus. However; research on the effects of task-complexity on written productions is rare. This study intends to examine the effects of manipulating task complexity along resource-directing factors and resource-dispersing ones on L2 learners' written performance. To attain this aim, we collected academic writings from 44 first year students of English at the University of Oum El Bouaghi that participated in a repeated measures experiment. The written data were measured in terms of fluency, accuracy, and complexity. A one-way ANOVA test was used for statistical analysis. We found that task complexity affects students’ writing fluency and accuracy, but it does not affect their syntactic complexity.
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| spelling | doaj-art-4b1e75a83c1a4ffb89a76acf869ca3942025-08-20T03:58:22ZaraUniversity of Constantine 1, AlgériaRevue des Sciences Humaines2588-20072020-12-01313THE EFFECT OF TASK COMPLEXITY ON WRITING PRODUCTIONHassina Belghoul0Sarah Merrouche1Faculty of Letters and Languages, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Freres Mentouri Constantine 1, Algeria.Faculty of Letters and Languages, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria. Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and learning is a growing area in SLA research. It has gained its rightful place in language teaching. TBLT suggests sequencing tasks from simple to complex in order to design a syllabus. However; research on the effects of task-complexity on written productions is rare. This study intends to examine the effects of manipulating task complexity along resource-directing factors and resource-dispersing ones on L2 learners' written performance. To attain this aim, we collected academic writings from 44 first year students of English at the University of Oum El Bouaghi that participated in a repeated measures experiment. The written data were measured in terms of fluency, accuracy, and complexity. A one-way ANOVA test was used for statistical analysis. We found that task complexity affects students’ writing fluency and accuracy, but it does not affect their syntactic complexity. https://revue.umc.edu.dz/h/article/view/3455task complexityacademic writingfluencyaccuracycomplexity |
| spellingShingle | Hassina Belghoul Sarah Merrouche THE EFFECT OF TASK COMPLEXITY ON WRITING PRODUCTION Revue des Sciences Humaines task complexity academic writing fluency accuracy complexity |
| title | THE EFFECT OF TASK COMPLEXITY ON WRITING PRODUCTION |
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| title_short | THE EFFECT OF TASK COMPLEXITY ON WRITING PRODUCTION |
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| topic | task complexity academic writing fluency accuracy complexity |
| url | https://revue.umc.edu.dz/h/article/view/3455 |
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