Are two heads always better than one? The effects of collaborative planning on L2 writing in relation to task complexity

This study investigated the effects of individual versus collaborative pre-task planning on second language (L2) writing, particularly in relation to task complexity manipulated in terms of the number of task elements. The participants were 40 8th-grade Korean learners of English who were divided into simple and complex task groups. Each group performed two writing tasks: one using individual planning and one using collaborative planning in...