Mahmoud Abdi Tabari
List of John Benjamins publications in which Mahmoud Abdi Tabari is involved.
2026 The predictive role of motivational orientations in L2 writing task performance across proficiency levels Journal of Second Language Studies 9:1, pp. 140–170 | Article
This study investigates the predictive power of motivational orientations on second language (L2) writing task performance across different proficiency levels. Drawing on the framework of motivational orientations, including Promotion, Prevention, Assessment, and Locomotion, the research… read more
2026 Interactions among motivational orientations, cognitive task complexity, and proficiency in L2 writing performance: The interplay of learner motivation, task complexity, and L2 writing ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This study examined how L2 learners’ motivational orientations predict writing performance across task complexity and proficiency levels. Drawing on Regulatory Focus Theory and Regulatory Mode Theory, four motivational orientations (promotion, prevention, assessment, and locomotion) were… read more
2025 Exploring the interplay between task-readiness factors and task complexity in L2 writing performance and anxiety: Examining the effects of task-readiness and task complexity on performance and anxiety in L2 writing ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 177:2, pp. 193–233 | Article
This study examined the relationship between task-readiness factors, task complexity, and their impact on L2 writing task performance and anxiety in the task-based language teaching (TBLT) domain. The study aimed to address gaps in the TBLT literature by investigating the combined effects of… read more
2022 The effects of prompt types on L2 learners’ textual emotionality and lexical complexity Journal of Second Language Studies 5:1, pp. 34–57 | Article
This study investigated the role of prompt types in the emotion and lexical complexity level in L2 writing performance using fine-grained automatic textual analyzing tools and indices. Fifty-three ESL advanced-mid students wrote essays on pandemic (esp. COVID-19) and non-pandemic prompts. A… read more
How task types shape lexical sophistication in L2 learner writing International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: Online-First Articles | Article
This study examined the effects of writing task type on lexical sophistication in second language (L2) writing. A total of 70 English as a Second Language (ESL) learners at a large US university completed four writing tasks (descriptive, narrative, expository, and argumentative), producing 280… read more
Task complexity and repetition effects on sense-aware lexical sophistication: An extension of Abdi Tabari et al.’s (2025) study on L1 and L2 learners: Evidence from L1 and L2 writers Journal of Second Language Studies: Online-First Articles | Article
Prior research in task-based language teaching (TBLT) has examined the individual effects of Task Complexity (TC) and Task Repetition (TR) on second language (L2) written production. However, investigations into the combined influence of TR and TC on L2 written production remain scarce.… read more