Effects of Task Complexity on Linguistic Complexity for Sustainable EFL Writing Skills Development

This paper reports the findings from a study that explored effects of task complexity on linguistic in EFL writing with within-and-between-subject design for sustainability skills. A total 178 English majors and non-English participated study. They each performed two tasks were manipulated using variables: number elements prior knowledge. Linguistic was measured both syntactic lexical aspects 39 indices. Data analysis indicated produced different dimensions complexity, suggesting research needs to break away simplicity Cognition Hypothesis Limited Attentional Capacity require further verification refinement. contributes better understanding writing, yielding meaningful implications pedagogy assessment this field.