Abstract
<p>The past three decades witnesses a substantial development of task-bask language teaching (TBLT) and task-based research (TBR). Consequently, task has become a fashionable word in both L2 teaching pedagogy and SLA research. Among many task features, task complexity has attracted researchers’ attention due to its importance in task implementation. This paper aims to provide a comparatively comprehensive review of the studies conducted so far. It first explores the development of the construct task complexity, and then critically reviewes some empirical studies about task complexity and language production, task complexity and interaction, and task complexity and language development. Finally, the paper summarizes the achievement that has already been made in the field and predicted the orientations for future research.</p>
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The editorial board announced this article has been retracted on Feb. 24, 2016
The author and the editorial board earnestly apologize to Dr Ana-María Nuevo that certain excerpts, text and paragraphs of the paper “Researching Second Language Task Complexity: A Critical Review” by Jiaxin Xing plagiarized Dr Ana-María Nuevo’s doctoral dissertation “Task complexity and interaction: L2 learning opportunities and development” and infringed Dr Ana-María Nuevo’s lawful copyright
Dr Ana-María Nuevo is the sole and only author of all the contents written in the abovementioned dissertation
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The editorial board announced this article has been retracted on Feb. 24, 2016.
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