Mahmoud Abdi Tabari
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Journal Articles

2026 (12)

  • Leow, R., & Abdi Tabari, M. (Eds.). (2026). TBLT in the L2 classroom: A cognitive-processing approach. System, 104174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2026.104174
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Golparvar, S. E. (2026). How task types shape lexical sophistication in L2 learner writing. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.25024.abd
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Rahmati, P., & Huang, Z. (2026). Patterns of learner engagement with generative AI in English writing: Cognitive effort and critical thinking. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2026.2730676
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Golparvar, S. E., Lu, X., & Hu, R. (2026). 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. Journal of Second Language Studies. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.25020.abd
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Huang, Z. (2026). Examining the role of interindividual and intraindividual variability in syntactic complexity development across repeated independent and integrated writing tasks. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amag080
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lee, H., & Mansouri, A. (2026). The role of depth of processing in ISLA: A research synthesis and meta-Analysis. Applied Psycholinguistics, 47, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0142716426100666
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Karimi, M., & Leow, R. P. (2026). Manipulating task order by cognitive task complexity: Associations with feedback-seeking behavior and L2 writing quality. System, 104148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2026.104148
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Wind, A. M. (2026). The role of cohesive devices in L2 writing development: Insights from an intensive EAP program. Journal of Writing Research. https://www.jowr.org/jowr/article/view/1912
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Farahanynia, M., & Derakhshan, A. (2026). Interactions among motivational orientations, cognitive task complexity, and proficiency in L2 writing performance. ITL – International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.25020.abd
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Huang, Z. (2026). Exploring the role of AI in shaping L2 teachers’ affective dispositions and task-based language teaching implementation: A scale-based study. European Journal of Education, 61(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70566
  • Golparvar, S. E., Abdi Tabari, M., & Bazoubandi, H. (2026). The impact of source text referential cohesion on integrated writing performance: A focus on textual integration and source use overlap. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 79, 101627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2025.101627
  • Effatpanah, F., Ravand, H., Abdi Tabari, M., Chen, Y.-H., & Kunina-Habenicht, O. (2026). How do L2 writing subskills interact hierarchically? Insights from diagnostic classification models. Assessing Writing, 68, 101029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2026.101029

2025 (17)

  • Abdi Tabari, M., Zhuang, J., & Farahanynia, M. (2025). Task repetition and L2 written performance: A meta-analysis, Journal of Second Language Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2025.101255
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Zhuang, J., & Farahanynia, M. (2025). Task repetition and L2 oral performance: A meta-analysis, System. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103868
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Huang, Z. (2025). Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: Understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2025.2560103
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Kushki, A., & Wang, Y. (2025). Comparing the effects of teacher- and AI-mediated corrective feedback on accuracy, complexity, and quality in L2 written narratives, Computer Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2025.2561608
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Huang, Z. (2025). Investigating the impacts of task types on the CALF of L2 written production: The moderating role of L2 writing selves, Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-025-10708-x
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Johnson, M. D. (2025). Rethinking fluency in task-based L2 writing: A critical examination of product- and process-based measures, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (RMAL). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100225
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lu, X., & Hu, R. (2025). The effects of task complexity and task repetition on sense-aware frequency-based lexical sophistication indices in L2 writing, Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251351734
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Liang, X., & Albert, Á. (2025). Task types and L1/L2 learners: Exploring their influence on writing production and relationship with writing anxiety through Bayesian linear mixed-effects modelling, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.46191
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Lee, H. (2025). Impact of task repetition schedules and emotions on L2 writing performance profiles using Latent Transition Analysis, Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2025.100974
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Farahanynia, M. (2025). Exploring the interplay between task-readiness factors and task complexity in L2 writing performance and anxiety, ITL – International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.23003.abd?locatt=mode:legacy
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Wang, Y. (2025). Comparing the effect of task sequencing, text modeling, and task repetition in the development of L2 writing complexity, Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-025-10660-w
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Golparvar, S. E. (2025). Understanding task-specific emotions in L2 Writing: The influence of task repetition and task rehearsal across proficiency levels, The International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12745
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lee, H., & Farahanynia, M. (2025). Impact of methodological differences in task sequencing on second language learning: A multi-level meta-analysis. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2024-0219
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Golparvar, E., & Khezrlou, S. (2025). The role of task repetition in shaping L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing anxiety, and L2 written production, System. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103629
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lee, H., & Hanzawa, K. (2025). Effects of massed and spaced task repetitions on L2 writing task performance and task emotions, Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-024-10628-2
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Farahanynia, M. (2025). The predictive role of motivational orientations in L2 writing task performance across proficiency levels, Journal of Second Language Studies. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.00059.tab
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Lee, H. (2025). Examining the effects of task type, task order, and their interaction on L2 writing performance: Insights from independent and integrated tasks, The International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12837

2024 (16)

  • Abdi Tabari, M., Farahanynia, M., & Botes, E. (2024). Examining the predictive power of L2 writing anxiety on L2 writing performance in simple and complex tasks under task-readiness conditions, Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2024.100912
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Golparvar, E. (2024). The effects of planning modes on L2 written production: From a cognitive-processing perspective, The International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL). http://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12676
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Johnson, M. D., & Farahanynia, M. (2024). Task sequencing and L2 production: A research synthesis and meta-analysis, International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL). http://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12670
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Golparvar, E. (2024). Cohesion in L2 writing: Assessing the role of pre-task planning and topic familiarity through a task-readiness lens, The Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2024.2437370
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Hiver, P., & Norouzian, R. (2024). Interactions between task complexity, task repetition, and task motivation in L2 writing, Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241286661
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lu, X., & Wang, Y. (2024). Mapping the associations among task complexity, emotionality, and linguistic complexity in L2 writing, Language Awareness. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2024.2384754
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Wang, Y., & Miller, M. (2024). Understanding the SSARC model of task sequencing: Assessing L2 writing development, Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2024.100893
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Golparvar, S. E. (2024). The interplay of task repetition and task rehearsal in L2 written production across varied proficiency levels, Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241266940
  • Johnson, M. D., & Abdi Tabari, M. (2024). Linguistic complexity in L2 writing: Insight from studies on task planning, Language Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000284
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Goetze, J. (2024). Exploring the impacts of task complexity, anxiety, and self-efficacy on L2 written production: Unraveling individual differences in TBLT, International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12582
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Khajavy, H., & Goetze, J. (2024). Mapping the interactions between task sequencing, anxiety, and enjoyment in L2 writing development, Journal of Second Language Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2024.101116
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Khezrlou, S., & Ghanbar, H. (2024). Task repetition versus task rehearsal: Understanding effects of task-readiness factors and elemental genres on L2 writing task performance, Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241249689
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Abdel Latif, M. M. M., & Tian, Y. (2024). The impact of computer-mediated task complexity on writing fluency: A comparative study of L1 and L2 writers’ fluency performance, Computers and Composition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102863
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Lee, J. (2024). The effects of cognitive task complexity on linguistic complexity in L1 and L2 learners’ argumentative writing, Language Awareness, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2024.2375226
  • Papi, M., Abdi Tabari, M., Sato, M. (2024). The importance of seeking feedback for benefiting from feedback: A case of second language writing, The Modern Language Journal. http://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12923
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Johnson, M. D., & Gao, J. (2024). Using automated indices of cohesion to explore the growth of cohesive features in L2 writing. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2023-0185

2023 (10)

  • Abdi Tabari, M., Sato, M., & Wang, Y. (2023). Engagement with written corrective feedback: Examination of feedback types and think-aloud protocol as pedagogical interventions. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231202574
  • Johnson, M. D., & Abdi Tabari, M. (2023). Planning in L2 writing: A research synthesis and meta-analysis. System. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2023.103152
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Johnson, M. D., & Farahanynia, M. (2023). Automated analysis of cohesive features in L2 writing: Examining effects of task complexity and task repetition. Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2023.100783
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Wind, A. M. (2023). Dynamic development of cohesive devices in English as a second language writing. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0205
  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2023). Unpacking the effects of different lengths of pre-task planning time: L2 writing outcomes and learners’ perceptions. The Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2213237
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Johnson, M. D. (2023). Exploring new insights into the role of cohesive devices in written academic genres. Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2023.100749
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Khezrlou, S., & Tian, Y. (2023). Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 written production: effects of task complexity and task repetition. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2023.2211955
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lee, J., & Wang, Y. (2023). Capturing linguistic features of writing in two genres over time. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10437-z
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Lu, X., & Wang, Y. (2023). The effects of task complexity on lexical complexity in L2 writing: An exploratory study. System, 103021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2023.103021
  • Yoon, H. J., & Abdi Tabari, M. (2023). Authorial voice in source-based and opinion-based argumentative writing: Patterns of voice across task types and proficiency levels. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 101228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101228

2022 (5)

  • Abdi Tabari, M., Khezrlou, S., & Tian, Y. (2022). The effects of task complexity and task repetition on different indices of syntactic complexity in L2 writing. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0123
  • Johnson, M. D., & Abdi Tabari, M. (2022). Task planning and oral L2 production: A research synthesis and meta-analysis. Applied Linguistics, amac026. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amac026
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Cho, M. (2022). Task sequencing and L2 writing development: Exploring the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing. Language Teaching Research, 136216882210909. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688221090922
  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2022). Investigating the interactions between L2 writing processes and products under different task planning time conditions. Journal of Second Language Writing, 55, 100871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2022.100871
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Wang, Y. (2022). Assessing linguistic complexity features in L2 writing: Understanding effects of topic familiarity and strategic planning within the realm of task readiness. Assessing Writing, 52, 100605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2022.100605

2021 (4)

  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2021). Task preparedness and L2 written production: Investigating effects of planning modes on L2 learners’ focus of attention and output. Journal of Second Language Writing, 52, 100814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100814
  • Abdi Tabari, M., Bui, G., & Wang, Y. (2021). The effects of topic familiarity on emotionality and linguistic complexity in EAP writing. Language Teaching Research, 136216882110335. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211033565
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Miller, M. (2021). Unraveling the effects of task sequencing on the syntactic complexity, accuracy, lexical complexity, and fluency of L2 written production using Robinson’s (2010) SSARC model. The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (CJAL), 24(2), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2021.31306
  • Abdi Tabari. M., & Wang, Y. (2021). The effects of prompt types on L2 learners’ textual emotionality and lexical complexity. Journal of Second Language Studies, 5(1), 34–57. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.21014.abd

2020 (1)

2017 (1)

  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2017). Investigating the effects of planning time on the complexity of L2 argumentative writing. TESL-EJ, 21(1), 1–24.

2016 (1)

  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2016). The effects of planning time on complexity, accuracy, fluency, and lexical variety in L2 descriptive writing. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 1(10), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-016-0015-6

2015 (2)

  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Ivey, T. (2015). Cognitive task complexity effects on L2 writing performance: An application of mixed-methods approaches. Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 8(1), 55–65. https://doi.org/10.5294/laclil.2015.8.1.6
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Abdi Tabari, I. (2015). Links between Bloom’s taxonomy and Gardner’s multiple intelligences: The issue of textbook analysis. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(1), 94–101. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.1p.94

Book Reviews

2015 (2)

  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2015). [Review of the book Collaborative writing in L2 classrooms]. Journal of Second Language Writing, 28, 76–77.
  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2015). [Review of the book Crafting digital writing: Composing texts across media and genres]. Teaching English with Technology, 15(3), 71–74.