Aleksandra Malicka

List of John Benjamins publications in which Aleksandra Malicka is involved.

Journal

TASK

Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp

ISSN 2666-1748 | E‑ISSN 2666‑1756

Title

Second Language Cognitive Task Complexity: A research synthesis

Shoko Sasayama, Aleksandra Malicka and John M. Norris

This book addresses the topic of cognitive task complexity as it has been investigated in second language (L2) task-based research. This interest is premised on the notion that communication tasks may differ systematically in the types and amounts of cognitive complexity they present to L2… read more

[Task-Based Language Teaching, 18] 2025. xi, 295 pp.

Articles

Gilabert, Roger, Joan Castellví, Elisabet Comelles, Vera Trager, Gina Arnold, Aleksandra Malicka, Kerry Brennan and Natasha Moskvina 2025 A qualitative and quantitative preliminary analysis of a task design web-based tool and its applications for teacher education Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching, Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie (eds.), pp. 285–315 | Article

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been consolidated as a research-based teaching perspective over the last four decades. At its core, task and materials design have been identified as key to successful task-based implementation (Bryfonski, forthcoming). Yet teachers are often left to their… read more

Van den Branden, Kris, Matthew D. Coss, Roger Gilabert and Aleksandra Malicka 2024 Task design, needs analysis, and task sequencing: An interview with Aleksandra Malicka and Roger Gilabert TASK 4:1, pp. 5–22 | Interview

In this interview, Kris Van den Branden (TASK Co-Editor) and Matt Coss (TASK Editorial Assistant) invited international experts Dr. Roger Gilabert and Dr. Aleksandra Malicka to discuss their scholarship and recent thinking on areas of TBLT including needs analysis, syllabus design, task… read more

Malicka, Aleksandra and Mayya Levkina 2012 Chapter 3. Measuring task complexity: Does EFL proficiency matter? Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation, Shehadeh, Ali and Christine A. Coombe (eds.), pp. 43–66 | Article

The current study explored whether language proficiency mediates the perception of task difficulty and whether intended task complexity differences are reflected in the language production (i.e., fluency, accuracy, and complexity) of learners of different proficiency levels in English. 37… read more