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Chapter 6. The effects of planning type, working memory, and anxiety on L2 writing performance

  • Hyejin An and Shaofeng Li
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Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching
This chapter is in the book Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching

Abstract

This study explores (1) the effect of planning type on second language learners’ writing performance and (2) the role of working memory and anxiety in different types of planning. 48 Korean high school English as a foreign language learners participated in the study. Each learner composed a written narrative under one of the three planning conditions: pre-task planning, within-task planning, and no planning. The results showed that pre-task planning enhanced fluency, while within-task planning led to greater accuracy. Regarding the impact of individual difference factors, it was found that that working memory was a significant predictor of morphosyntactic accuracy of the pre-task planning group’s writing. Anxiety significantly predicted morphosyntactic accuracy across all planning conditions, and it was a significant predictor of the syntactic complexity of the essays written under the pre-task planning condition. Working memory and anxiety were not predictive of fluency and overall writing quality.

Abstract

This study explores (1) the effect of planning type on second language learners’ writing performance and (2) the role of working memory and anxiety in different types of planning. 48 Korean high school English as a foreign language learners participated in the study. Each learner composed a written narrative under one of the three planning conditions: pre-task planning, within-task planning, and no planning. The results showed that pre-task planning enhanced fluency, while within-task planning led to greater accuracy. Regarding the impact of individual difference factors, it was found that that working memory was a significant predictor of morphosyntactic accuracy of the pre-task planning group’s writing. Anxiety significantly predicted morphosyntactic accuracy across all planning conditions, and it was a significant predictor of the syntactic complexity of the essays written under the pre-task planning condition. Working memory and anxiety were not predictive of fluency and overall writing quality.

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Series editors’ preface vii
  4. Foreword 1
  5. Section 1. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Individual differences and task-based language teaching 10
  7. Section 2. Affective differences
  8. Chapter 2. Anxiety in task-based language teaching 52
  9. Chapter 3. Understanding, measuring, and differentiating task enjoyment from foreign language enjoyment 84
  10. Chapter 4. Task complexity, task features, and task anxiety at low L2 proficiency levels 111
  11. Section 3. Cognitive differences
  12. Chapter 5. Written languaging, language aptitude, and L2 learning through dictogloss tasks 140
  13. Chapter 6. The effects of planning type, working memory, and anxiety on L2 writing performance 161
  14. Section 4. Conative differences
  15. Chapter 7. A review of learner motivation and engagement research in task-based language teaching 198
  16. Chapter 8. Teachers’ and learners’ beliefs about task-based language teaching 228
  17. Section 5. Sociodemographic differences
  18. Chapter 9. Task-based language learning and teaching 262
  19. Section 6. Pedagogical perspectives
  20. Chapter 10. Practitioners’ perspectives 288
  21. Chapter 11. Teacher IDs and task adaptations 313
  22. Section 7. Conclusion
  23. Chapter 12. Conclusion 346
  24. List of contributors 365
  25. Index 371
https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.16.06anh

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Series editors’ preface vii
  4. Foreword 1
  5. Section 1. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Individual differences and task-based language teaching 10
  7. Section 2. Affective differences
  8. Chapter 2. Anxiety in task-based language teaching 52
  9. Chapter 3. Understanding, measuring, and differentiating task enjoyment from foreign language enjoyment 84
  10. Chapter 4. Task complexity, task features, and task anxiety at low L2 proficiency levels 111
  11. Section 3. Cognitive differences
  12. Chapter 5. Written languaging, language aptitude, and L2 learning through dictogloss tasks 140
  13. Chapter 6. The effects of planning type, working memory, and anxiety on L2 writing performance 161
  14. Section 4. Conative differences
  15. Chapter 7. A review of learner motivation and engagement research in task-based language teaching 198
  16. Chapter 8. Teachers’ and learners’ beliefs about task-based language teaching 228
  17. Section 5. Sociodemographic differences
  18. Chapter 9. Task-based language learning and teaching 262
  19. Section 6. Pedagogical perspectives
  20. Chapter 10. Practitioners’ perspectives 288
  21. Chapter 11. Teacher IDs and task adaptations 313
  22. Section 7. Conclusion
  23. Chapter 12. Conclusion 346
  24. List of contributors 365
  25. Index 371
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