In this second edition of the best-selling Second Language Research, Alison Mackey and
Sue Gass continue to guide students step-by-step through conducting the second language …

This study offers a bibliometric analysis of research trends in task-based language teaching
(TBLT) from 1985 to 2020. The analysis covers research questions related to the publication …

The present study aims to investigate, within the framework of Systemic Functional
Linguistics (SFL), the influence of pre-task planning on textual cohesion and generic …

This research investigated the impact of planning time, working memory (WM), and cognitive
styles on language learning outcomes within the framework of Task-Based Language …

Fluency is a common objective in English language learning and teaching. However,
researchers have commented on the absence of a widely accepted definition of the …

While discourse competence (DC) has been identified as the core competence in English as
a foreign language (EFL) learning and communication, only a few empirical studies have …

This study examined the relationship between learners' creativity viewed as a divergent
thinking cognitive trait and the language/content dimensions of their L2 speaking …

This book aims to offer a unique contribution to the expanding literature on TBLT by
reflecting current progress in the domain as well as underlining future directions in research …

A good command of referential skills has been seen as an effective indicator that reveals
learners' discourse-related competence. However, in the realm of second language …

Mixed methods research (MMR) has gradually gained popularity as a desirable procedure
to provide robust insights into a problem or research question. Referred to as the third major …