任务复杂度和工作记忆容量对二语写作表现的影响——学习者情感因素的作用

The Effects of Task Complexity and Working Memory Capacity on EFL Learners’ Written Performance——the Importance of Affective Factors

二语写作受诸多因素的影响,其中包括任务因素和学习者因素。任务复杂度是一项重要的认知因素,其相关研究大多以“认知假说”和“竞争假说”为理论指导。由于对注意力资源分配的理解不同,两者对任务复杂度对语言产出的影响做出了不同的预设。写作涉及到多个过程相互作用,会对有限的工作记忆容量造成压力,其运行情况会影响写作的质量。除此之外,二语写作的动机、焦虑和自信心等也是影响二语写作表现的情感因子。事实上,任务因素和学习者因素可以相互结合,为二语写作任务提供多元化的指导。本文探讨了任务复杂度、工作记忆容量以及学习者情感因素对二语写作表现的影响。

EFL learners’ written is influenced by many factors, including task factor and learner factor.Task complexity is an important cognitive factor, and its related studies are mostly theoretically guided by the "cognitive hypothesis" and the "competitive hypothesis". Due to the different understanding of attentional resource allocation, the two make different presets about the impact of task complexity on language output. Writing involves multiple processes interacting with each other, stressing the limited working memory capacity, and its performance affects the quality of the writing. In addition, the motivation, anxiety and self-confidence of language writing are also the emotional factors that affect the performance of language writing. Indeed, task and learner factors can be combined to provide diverse guidance for dyolingual writing tasks. This paper explores the effects of task complexity, working memory capacity, and learner emotional factors on EFL learners’ written performance.