Examining the predictive power of L2 writing anxiety on L2 writing performance in simple and complex tasks under task-readiness conditions [* Cross-Reference *]

Under task repetition (implicit preparation), anxiety reduced both syntactic complexity and accuracy. In contrast, under task rehearsal (conscious preparation), anxiety had a positive effect on lexical complexity. Specifically, in the second performance, anxiety improved both accuracy and lexical complexity under task rehearsal and enhanced fluency and lexical complexity under task repetition.

However, under task rehearsal, anxiety reduced syntactic complexity for both simple and complex tasks. Under task repetition, anxiety deteriorated lexical complexity, but only when the complex task was performed. Furthermore, task repetition outperformed task rehearsal in six out of eight measures: MLTU, DC/T, CN/T, EFC/C, Vocd, and WRDFRQmc.

The cognitively complex task also produced better outcomes than the simple task across these six measures, as well as WMP. Performance improved on the second attempt across all measures and WMP. ***This entry has been automatically imported via OpenAlex by LIST harvest scripts. Please refer to doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2024.100912 for the original and latest version of the publication***