2024

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Faez, F. (2024) What makes a task difficult? Pre-service teacher analysis of task difficulty. Task. ISSN 2666-1748 (In Press)

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2024) Research timeline: assessment of second language fluency. Language Teaching. ISSN 1475-3049 (In Press)

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Cooke, S. (2024) Comprehensibility in language assessment: a broader perspective. British Council Monographs in Modern Language Testing, 6. Equinox. ISBN 9781800504325

2023

Morrison, A. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2023) Task communicative function and oral fluency of L1 and L2 speakers. Modern Language Journal. ISSN 1540-4781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12883

Komeili, M., Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Marinis, T. (2023) Using multiple measures of language dominance and proficiency in Farsi-English bilingual children. Frontiers in Communication, 8. 1153665. ISSN 2297-900X doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1153665

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709, Kendon, G., Mazhurnaya, S. and Ziomek, A. (2023) Assessment of fluency in the Test of English for Educational Purposes. Language Testing, 40 (3). pp. 607-629. ISSN 0265-5322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322231151384

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2023) Making fluency research accessible to second language teachers: the impact of a training intervention. Language Teaching Research, 27 (2). pp. 368-393. ISSN 1477-0954 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820951213

Albarqi, G. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2023) The effects of proficiency level and dual task condition on L2 self-monitoring behaviour. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45 (1). pp. 212-233. ISSN 1470-1545 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263122000146

2022

Fitzpatrick, D., Costley, T. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2022) Exploring EAP teachers’ expertise: reflections on practice, pedagogy and professional development. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 59. 101140. ISSN 1475-1585 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2022.101140

Awwad, A. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2022) Task complexity, language proficiency and working memory: Interaction effects on second language speech performance. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. ISSN 1613-4141 doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2018-0378

Garcia Ponce, E. E. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2022) Effects of task type and language proficiency on dialogic performance and task engagement. System, 105. 102734. ISSN 0346-251X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102734

2020

Duran Karaoz, Z. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2020) Predicting L2 fluency from L1 fluency behaviour: the case of L1 Turkish and L2 English speakers. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 42 (4). pp. 671-695. ISSN 1470-1545 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263119000755

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Uchihara, T. (2020) To what extent are multiword sequences associated with oral fluency? Language Learning, 70 (2). pp. 506-547. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12384

Komeili, M., Marinis, T., Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Kazemi, Y. (2020) Sentence repetition in Farsi-English bilingual children. Journal of the European Second Language Association, 4 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2399-9101 doi: https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.55

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709, Nakatsuhara, F. and Hunter, A.-M. (2020) Aspects of fluency across assessed levels of speaking proficiency. Modern Language Journal, 104 (1). pp. 169-191. ISSN 1540-4781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12620

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Wright, C. (2020) Second language speech fluency: from research to practice. Cambridge University Press, pp180. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108589109

2019

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2019) Automaticity, fluency and second language task performance. In: Wen, Z. E. and Ahmadian, M. J. (eds.) Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 39-52. ISBN 9789027203304 doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.13.03tav

Nakatsuhara, F., Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Awwad, A., (2019) Towards a Model of Multi-dimensional Performance of C1 Level Speakers Assessed in the Aptis Speaking Test. Technical Report. British Council ISSN 2398-7979

Hasrati, M. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2019) The rise of non-dissertation track master’s programmes: an academic literacies approach. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 56 (5). pp. 639-651. ISSN 1470-3297 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1570304

2018

Faez, F. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2018) Task Based Language Teaching. English Language Teaching Development Series. TESOL International Association, Alexandria, VA, USA, pp50. ISBN 9781945351334

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Hunter, A.-M. (2018) Is fluency being ‘neglected’ in the classroom? Teacher understanding of fluency and related classroom practices. Language Teaching Research, 22 (3). pp. 330-349. ISSN 1477-0954 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168817708462

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2018) L2 development in an intensive Study Abroad EAP context. System, 72. pp. 62-74. ISSN 0346-251X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2017.10.009

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Jones, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9426-727X, (2018) An overview of approaches to second language acquisition and instructional practices. Report. Welsh Government (Research & Statistics), Cardiff, Wales. ISBN 9781789034882

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Hasrati, M. (2018) MA TESOL dissertations in a changing global landscape: a case from Iran. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 6 (1). pp. 109-128. ISSN 2322-1291

2017

Awwad, A., Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Wright, C. (2017) “I think that’s what he’s doing”: effects of intentional reasoning on second language (L2) speech performance. System, 67. pp. 158-169. ISSN 0346-251X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2017.05.002

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709, Nakatsuhara, F. and Hunter, A.-M. (2017) Scoring validity of the Aptis Speaking test: investigating fluency across tasks and levels of proficiency. ARAGs Research Reports Online. AR-G/2017/7. ISSN 2057-5203

2016

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709, Campbell, C. and McCormack, J. (2016) Development of speech fluency over a short period of time: effects of pedagogic intervention. TESOL Quarterly, 50 (2). pp. 447-471. ISSN 1545-7249 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.244

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2016) Fluency in monologic and dialogic task performance: challenges in defining and measuring L2 fluency. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 54 (2). pp. 133-150. ISSN 1613-4141 doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2016-9994

Wright, C. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2016) New directions and developments in defining, analyzing and measuring L2 speech fluency. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 54 (2). pp. 73-78. ISSN 1613-4141 doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2016-9990

2015

Hasrati, M. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2015) Globalisation and MA TESOL programs in the UK. Higher Education, 69 (4). pp. 547-565. ISSN 0018-1560 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9790-5

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2015) Connecting research and practice in TESOL: a community of practice perspective. RELC, 46 (1). pp. 37-52. ISSN 1745-526X doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688215572005

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Hasrati, M. (2015) MA TEFL programmes in Iran: change in a globalised era. In: Kennedy, C. (ed.) English language teaching in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Innovations, trends and challenges. The British Council, London, pp. 139-150. ISBN 9780863557699

2014

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2014) Storyline complexity and syntactic complexity in writing and speaking tasks. In: Byrnes, H. and Manchon, R. (eds.) Task based language learning: insights from and for L2 writing. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 217-236. ISBN 9789027207296

2012

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Howard, M. J. (2012) Teaching English to speakers of other languages teachers’ views on the relationship between research and practice. European Journal of Teacher Education, 35 (2). pp. 229-242. ISSN 0261-9768 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2011.643398

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2012) Planning time. In: Robinson, P. (ed.) The Routledge Encylopeadia of Second Language Acquisition. Routledge. ISBN 9780415877510

Eckerth, J. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2012) The effects of word exposure frequency and elaboration of word processing on incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading. Language Teaching Research, 16 (2). pp. 227-252. ISSN 1477-0954 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168811431377

2011

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Foster, P. (2011) Task design and second language performance: the effect of narrative type on learner output. Language Learning, 61 (S1). pp. 37-72. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00642.x

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2011) Pausing patterns: differences between L2 learners and native speakers. ELT Journal, 65 (1). pp. 71-79. ISSN 1477-4526 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccq020

2009

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2009) Assessing L2 task performance: understanding effects of task design. System, 37 (3). pp. 482-495. ISSN 0346-251X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2009.02.013

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2009) Investigating task difficulty: learners’ and teachers’ perceptions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 19 (1). pp. 1-25. ISSN 1473-4192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.2009.00216.x

Foster, P. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2009) Native speakers and task performance: comparing effects on complexity, fluency, and lexical diversity. Language Learning, 59 (4). pp. 866-896. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00528.x

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2009) Researching task difficulty: towards understanding L2 proficiency. In: Benati, A. G. (ed.) Issues in Second Language Proficiency. Continuum. ISBN 9780826435156

2008

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 and Foster, P. (2008) Task design and second language performance: the effect of narrative type on learner output. Language Learning, 58 (2). pp. 439-473. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00446.x

Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2008) L2 performance and context of language learning: a comparative study of learners in Tehran and London. Teaching English Language & Literature Society of Iran, 2 (5). pp. 103-131. ISSN 1735-8760