Effects of reasoning demands triggered by genre on Chinese EFL learners' writing performance

IntroductionGenres, having distinct communicative functions, elicit different levels of reasoning demands in writing tasks. The current study investigated the influence of cognitive complexity triggered by a seldom studied pair of genres (expository writing vs. argumentative writing) on Chinese adva...

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Main Authors: Cheng Peng, Zhen Bao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1164262/full