由类型引发的推理需求对中国EFL学习者的写作表现的影响
1School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Frontiers in psychology
|June 2, 2023
概括
写作任务中的认知复杂性,特别是论证性写作,增强了高级EFL学习者的词汇复杂性和凝聚力. 然而,语法复杂性显示出一个权衡,而准确性和流性没有受到影响.
科学领域:
- 获得第二语言的学习.
- 应用语言学 应用语言学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 写作任务引起了基于类型的不同认知需求.
- 阐述性和论证性写作类型在推理复杂度上有所不同.
- 了解这些差异会影响L2写作教学.
研究的目的:
- 调查认知复杂性如何影响中国高级EFL学习者的写作表现.
- 为了比较阐述性与论证性写作任务对L2写作质量的影响.
- 在L2写作中测试认知假设和权衡假设.
主要方法:
- 76名高级的中国EFL学习者完成了两个写作任务:阐述和论证.
- 用多个指标评估写作表现:词汇复杂性,语法复杂性,准确性,流性和凝聚力.
- 任务难度是根据类型特定的推理需求来操纵的.
主要成果:
- 认知复杂性显著改善了词汇复杂性,句子复杂性和凝聚力.
- 语法复杂性在短语和句子结构中表现出了权衡效应.
- 任务复杂性对准确性和流性没有显著的影响.
结论:
- 认知复杂性对L2写作的某些维度产生了积极的影响,支持认知假设.
- 对权衡假设的部分支持在语法复杂性中被发现.
- 结果为设计有效的L2写作任务和课程提供了洞察力.
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