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Effects of Task Complexity on EFL Learners’ Writing Behaviors and Performance KCI 등재 SCOPUS

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영어교육 (English Teaching)
한국영어교육학회 (The Korea Association of Teachers of English)
초록

This study explored how task complexity, writing behaviors (i.e., pausing and revision behaviors), and writing performance (i.e., task completion, coherence and cohesion, language use, and expression and tone) influence and relate to each other. Thirty advanced-level Korean EFL undergraduates completed writing tasks differing in complexity. A combination of keystroke logging and stimulated recall interview was employed. It was found that the simple task group showed a greater number of pauses and revisions related to lower-order writing processes, whereas the complex task group showed longer pauses related to higher-order writing processes. While task complexity had no influence on writing performance, writing behaviors revealed significant relationships with text quality. In the simple task group, pause length and revision were negatively related to writing scores, whereas pause frequency revealed mixed results. In the complex task group, consistent negative relations were found between pausing behaviors and text quality, and fewer revisions were related to better scores in expression and tone.

목차
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
    2.1. Theoretical Background
    2.2. Previous Empirical Research
3. METHODOLOGY
    3.1. Participants
    3.2. Design and Materials
    3.3. Analysis and Coding
    3.4. Statistical Analysis
4. RESULTS
    4.1. Task Complexity and Writing Behaviors
    4.2. Task Complexity and Writing Performance
    4.3. Writing Behaviors and Writing Performance
    4.4. Task Complexity and Writers' Underlying Cognitive Processes
5. DISCUSSIONS
    5.1. Task Complexity and L2 Writers' Behaviors
    5.2. Task Complexity and L2 Writers' Performance
    5.3. L2 Writers' Behaviors and Performance
6. CONCLUSION
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저자
  • Yoonseo Kim(Graduate Student, Department of English Education, Yonsei University) Corresponding Author