This study aimed to investigate the impact of task sequencing, along +/- reasoning demands dimension, on writing task performance in terms of accuracy.  The study was motivated by Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis (CH) as well as previous studies investigating the relationships between task complexity and second language production. The participants of the study were 90 intermediate students at t...

A book of 140 pages on Nasal Polypus would seem to be the ne plus ultra of specialised medical writing. But this book treats of nasal polypus with neuralgia, hay-fever, and asthma in relation to ethmoiditis, and, as far as we can see, with pretty nearly every ill the flesh is heir to. As the author says in reference to nasal polypus, "it would appear difficult to limit the extent or variety of ...

The present study was an attempt to investigate the significance of environmental changes on the develo p- ment of writing in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context with respect to the individual. This study also compared the impacts of collaboration and asynchronous computer mediation (ACM) on the writing complexity of EFL learners. To this end, three intact writing classes were designate...

The  present  meta-analysis  was  conducted  to  provide  a  quantitative  measure  of  the overall effects of task complexity on Chinese EFL learners’ language  production.  Based  on  the strict inclusion criteria, 12 primary  studies  were synthesized according to key  features.  Eleven of them  were  meta-analyzed  to  investigate  effects  of  raising  the  resource-directing  task  comple...

abstract:focusing on two works of iranian women from two generations, this paper aims to demonstrate women writing tradition based on the views of gynocritics point of view. due to the complexity and the various interpretations in feminism literary criticism, an elaborated review will be provided. elaine showalter considers three phases in women’s writing which are femininity, feminist and fema...

This study aims at investigating the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) on L2 writing achievement if applied via blogging as a Web 2.0 tool, as well as examining which pattern of interaction is more conducive to learning in such an environment. The results of the study indicate that using weblogs to provide mediation contributes to the enhancement of the overall writing performance, vocabulary a...