Shoko Sasayama
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shoko Sasayama is involved.
Journal
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
2022 Designing speaking tasks for different assessment goals: The complex relationship between cognitive task complexity, language performance, and task accomplishment TASK 2:2, pp. 184–217 | Article
This study explored the role of cognitive task complexity in designing speaking assessment tasks. A sample of 120 English learners at different proficiency levels engaged in four narrative tasks with distinct levels/types of cognitive complexity. Performances were assessed using linguistic… read more
2019 Chapter 5. Unravelling cognitive task complexity: Learning from learners’ perspectives on task characteristics and second language performance Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan, Wen, Zhisheng (Edward) and Mohammad Javad Ahmadian (eds.), pp. 95–132 | Chapter
Cognitive task complexity, which refers to the complexity or difficulty of a given task, has received substantial interest from researchers in various fields, including task-based language teaching (TBLT), second language acquisition, language testing, cognitive psychology, and education. In TBLT,… read more
2012 Chapter 2. Effects of task complexity and pre-task planning on Japanese EFL learners’ oral production Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation, Shehadeh, Ali and Christine A. Coombe (eds.), pp. 23–42 | Article
This study sought to test Skehan’s (1996, 1998) limited capacity hypothesis and Robinson’s (1995, 2003) cognition hypothesis by investigating the effects of task complexity and pre-task planning on EFL learners’ oral production (see also Genc, this volume). Twenty three Japanese-L1 high school… read more