Task complexity and measures of linguistic performance in L2 writing

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Complexity, accuracy and fluency in second language acquisition (2009, background): “…features, task type, as well as studies on the effects of learning context (e.g. Bygate 1999; Collentine 2004; Derwing and Rossiter 2003; Skehan and Foster 1999; Freed 1995; Freed, Segalowitz and Dewey 2004; Kuiken and Vedder 2007; Muñoz 2006; Spada and Tomita 2007; Yuan and Ellis 2003).”
The Potential Role(s) of Writing in Second Language Development. (2012, background): “Indeed, increasing complexity in writing tasks along this dimension has been shown to result in better performance, in terms of accuracy, and lexical and syntactic complexity (Kuiken & Vedder, 2007, 2008; Zhang, 1987).”
The Role of Task Complexity, Modality, and Aptitude in Narrative Task Performance (2012, background): “This finding is seemingly in contrast with that of Kuiken and Vedder (2008), who found no effect of task complexity in the written mode.”