Effects of Manipulating Task Complexity on Learner Performance in Second Language Writing

讲座名称：Effects of Manipulating Task Complexity on Learner Performance in Second Language Writing

讲座人：Lawrence Jun Zhang

讲座时间：11月6日10:00

讲座地点：腾讯会议直播（ID:962 946 870）

讲座人介绍：

Lawrence Jun Zhang，新西兰奥克兰大学教育学部副部长、应用语言学正教授、博士生导师。主要研究领域：英语二语读写发展、学术英语写作。2011年度，成为美国TESOL国际学会 “最佳科研论文奖”唯一得主、2016年当选TESOL全球领军学者之一(TESOL’s 50@50)。担任两家SSCI国际期刊System联合主编和Frontiers in Psychology副主编、多家SSCI期刊论文特邀评阅人及编委。发表论文及章节100余篇，其中在包括TESOL Quarterly, Modern Language Journal, Journal of Second Language Writing, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Reading & Writing, Discourse Processes, Journal of English for Academic Purposes等权威SSCI期刊在内的期刊发表论文66篇。

讲座内容：

Given the significance of task complexity and its role in affecting learning outcomes, in this lecture I present results of a bibliometric analysis of studies on task difficulty over a period of nearly 40 years from 1990 to 2018 using CiteSpace V, with particular reference to Peter Skehan’s contributions (Wang & Zhang, 2018). The research data, consisting of 164 research articles and their 1,706 citing references, were retrieved from the core collection of the Web of Science-SSCI database. The top 20 most often cited references were visualized and highlighted through a 406-node network of cited references. The results demonstrate that Skehan’s (2009) article was ranked as the most influential reference in studies on task difficulty or task complexity, which is clear evidence of Skehan’s far-reaching impacts on key areas in TBLT and SLA research (Wang, Wu, & Zhang, 2020). The talk will conclude with a discussion on possible future directions.

主办单位：外国语学院