• Mohammad Zohrabi

  Author

• Yeganeh Abbasvand

  Author

Considering that accuracy and complexity are assumed to be intrinsic
qualities of performance in all kinds of tasks, the present study aimed at investigating
the effects of task repetition as one type of planning on accuracy and complexity in the
written production of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). About 40
female Iranian intermediate level EFL learners were randomly selected and divided
into two groups (control and experimental). The experimental group received
treatment for four sessions where the researchers explicitly focused their attention on
the accuracy and complexity loads of their writings by repeating the writing task. The
researchers made the participants in the experimental group conscious of where they
could use accurate and complex sentences to increase the loads of accuracy and
complexity in their writings. However, the control group did not have their writings
repeated or checked for cases of accuracy and complexity. The results of immediate
post-test showed that task repetition affected positively the accuracy and complexity of
the participants’ writings in the experimental group. Also, task repetition left its longterm
effect one month after the treatment ended. The pedagogical implication is that
task repetition is an effective way to improve the learner’s writing skills in terms of
accuracy and complexity.

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