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Panahzadeh, Vahid; Asadi, Bita – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
The literature on task planning abounds with studies in laboratory or classroom contexts; however, the contribution of task planning to the testing context has remained a largely uncharted area of enquiry. The current study is primarily focused on exploring the impacts of pressured vs. unpressured on-line task planning conditions on EFL students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Task Analysis, Planning, Second Language Learning
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Fazilatfar, Ali Mohammad; Kasiri, Forough; Nowbakht, Mohammad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
The present study was an attempt to investigate the differential effect/s of three different planning time scenarios (i.e. 0 min, 10 min, & 20 min), as well as three task conditions of (1) topic given, (2) topic and ideas given, and (3) topic, ideas and macrostructure given on EFL learners L2 writing complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF).…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Crowther, Dustin; Trofimovich, Pavel; Saito, Kazuya; Isaacs, Talia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study critically examined the previously reported partial independence between second language (L2) accentedness (degree to which L2 speech differs from the target variety) and comprehensibility (ease of understanding). In prior work, comprehensibility was linked to multiple linguistic dimensions of L2 speech (phonology, fuency, lexis,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation
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Barrot, Jessie S. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2018
The current study used a scale-based approach and complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) analysis to comprehensively capture the effects of the sociocognitive-transformative approach on 2nd language (L2) learners' writing performance. The study involved 66 preuniversity intermediate L2 students from 4 different English classes. I randomly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Achievement, Pretests Posttests
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Robson, Graham G. – International Education Studies, 2015
Theories of second language acquisition such as the Interaction Hypothesis (Long, 1996) and Pushed Output Hypothesis (Swain, 1995) emphasize that learners must actually communicate in order to bring about the conditions for language acquisition. Learners who are more willing to communicate may create more opportunities for interaction, and thereby…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Foreign Countries
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Sadeghi Beniss, Aram Reza; Edalati Bazzaz, Vahid – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2014
The current study attempted to establish baseline quantitative data on the impacts of pushed output on two components of speaking (i.e., accuracy and fluency). To achieve this purpose, 30 female EFL learners were selected from a whole population pool of 50 based on the standard test of IELTS interview and were randomly assigned into an…
Descriptors: Accuracy, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning