Task Complexity,Working Memory,Task Emotions,and Oral Performance of University Students
The current study examined the effects of task complexity on learners'task emotions in addition to the effects of working memory,task emotions,and task complexity on L2 oral task performance.Thirty-eight Chinese English majors completed a working memory test,a post-task scale for task enjoyment and anxiety,and two oral tasks with different levels of reasoning demand.The results show that:1)task complexity had no significant influence on task enjoyment or anxiety;2)in the simple task,working memory was significantly positively related to syntactic complexity;task enjoyment was significantly positively correlated to fluency,and task anxiety was significantly negatively correlated to fluency;and(3)in the complex task,working memory and task anxiety did not correlate to any performance indices,while task enjoyment was significantly positively correlated to fluency.The results provide useful insights into the interactive roles of individual differences(cognitive and emotional factors)and task(complexity)in L2 oral task performance.
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