Kyoko Baba
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kyoko Baba plays a role.
2020 Chapter 1. Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency: Who benefited from the writing task? Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development, Fogal, Gary G. and Marjolijn H. Verspoor (eds.), pp. 3–26 | Chapter
This study investigates the developmental trajectories of L2 writing fluency in 105 university students when the same task procedure was repeatedly used in a classroom setting throughout an academic year. The students wrote a timed narrative composition in their English L2 along with reflective… read more
2020 Exploring the effects of web-based communication tasks on the development and transferability of audience awareness in L2 writers Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 43:3, pp. 277–301 | Article
This article reports on two quasi-experimental studies that investigated the possible development and transfer of audience awareness in novice EFL writers as they engaged in online writing tasks through a Social Networking Service (SNS). Japanese students from two universities were asked to… read more
2018 Chapter 11. Understanding benefits of repetition from a complex dynamic systems perspective: The case of a writing task Learning Language through Task Repetition, Bygate, Martin (ed.), pp. 279–309 | Chapter
This classroom-based study explored the benefits of repeating a writing task over one year from the perspective of complex dynamic systems. The study specifically investigated how students’ use of self-regulation related to changes in L2 writing. Data were collected from 26 students in an EFL… read more
2014 Task repetition and L2 writing development: A longitudinal study from a Dynamic Systems perspective Task-Based Language Learning – Insights from and for L2 Writing, Byrnes, Heidi and Rosa M. Manchón (eds.), pp. 107–136 | Article
Previous research has shown that repetition of a task improves L2 oral performance in terms of fluency and complexity (e.g. Bygate 2001). However, there is no clear evidence regarding the effects of task repetition and task-type repetition on L2 writing ability. Using a Dynamic Systems perspective,… read more
2006 8. Goals, motivations, and identities of three students writing in English Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 125–141 | Chapter