Research Article

Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance

Volume: 13 Number: 2 December 1, 2017
  • Mine Yıldız
  • Savaş Yeşilyurt
TR EN

Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance

Abstract

Based on Robinson’s Triadic Componential Framework and the definition of task planning by Elis (2005), this study was investigated to find out the effects of task planning and rhetorical mode on lexical and syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of writing production produced by EFL learners. Following a repeated-measures design, the present study involved 41 ELT students who learned English as a foreign language. In this study, two rhetorical modes were used and for both rhetorical modes, two writing tasks were performed. Whereas one of the tasks was carried out under strategic pre-task planning in which students had extra time and opportunity to make a plan, the other task was performed under unpressured on-line planning in which they had no time pressure or any extra special time for planning. Thus, each participant produced 4 essays, and a total of 164 essays were obtained. Each written text was separately analyzed by automated analysis tools for lexical and syntactic complexity, and also assessed through an analytic rubric for general writing achievement. The results revealed that whereas all of the three dimensions in this study showed significance difference according to the rhetorical mode of writing, task planning had varying effects on each component.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Mine Yıldız This is me

Savaş Yeşilyurt This is me

Publication Date

December 1, 2017

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December 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 13 Number: 2

APA
Yıldız, M., & Yeşilyurt, S. (2017). Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13(2), 440-464. https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ
AMA
1.Yıldız M, Yeşilyurt S. Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017;13(2):440-464. https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ
Chicago
Yıldız, Mine, and Savaş Yeşilyurt. 2017. “Effects of Task Planning and Rhetorical Mode of Writing on Lexical Complexity, Syntactic Complexity, and Overall Writing Quality of EFL Writers‟ Task Performance”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13 (2): 440-64. https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ.
EndNote
Yıldız M, Yeşilyurt S (December 1, 2017) Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13 2 440–464.
IEEE
[1]M. Yıldız and S. Yeşilyurt, “Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 440–464, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ
ISNAD
Yıldız, Mine - Yeşilyurt, Savaş. “Effects of Task Planning and Rhetorical Mode of Writing on Lexical Complexity, Syntactic Complexity, and Overall Writing Quality of EFL Writers‟ Task Performance”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13/2 (December 1, 2017): 440-464. https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ.
JAMA
1.Yıldız M, Yeşilyurt S. Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017;13:440–464.
MLA
Yıldız, Mine, and Savaş Yeşilyurt. “Effects of Task Planning and Rhetorical Mode of Writing on Lexical Complexity, Syntactic Complexity, and Overall Writing Quality of EFL Writers‟ Task Performance”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 440-64, https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ.
Vancouver
1.Mine Yıldız, Savaş Yeşilyurt. Effects of task planning and rhetorical mode of writing on lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, and overall writing quality of EFL writers‟ task performance. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;13(2):440-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA47EZ67XJ