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The effects of manipulating task complexity on the occurrence of language-related episodes during learner-learner interaction

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The present study explored the effects of task complexity on the occurrence of language-related episodes during learner-learner interaction of 40 EFL students.Task complexity was manipulated using two factors: (1) reasoning demands; and (2) number of elements.Participants performed four tasks of two types (picture narration and picture difference).The study bore mixed results; while in some versions of the tasks, complexity and the occurrence of LREs positively correlated, this pattern did not hold true for all the tasks and proficiency levels.Moreover, the observed increase was mostly in the number of lexical LREs than that of grammatical ones.

Source: Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras

DOI: 10.30827/digibug.31975

Author: Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza

Institution: University of Isfahan

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2172157292