All Stories

  1. Discourse markers and second-language speaking ability: What different assessments reveal.

    Article • Applied Pragmatics, May 2026, John Benjamins

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli, Elina Maragianni

  2. What makes a task difficult?

    Article • TASK Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning, August 2025, John Benjamins

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  3. The rise of non-dissertation track master’s programmes: An academic literacies approach

    Article • Innovations in Education and Teaching International, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli, Mostafa Hasrati

  4. L2 development in an intensive Study Abroad EAP context

    Article • System, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  5. “I think that's what he's doing”: Effects of intentional reasoning on second language (L2) speech performance

    Article • System, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  6. Is fluency being ‘neglected’ in the classroom? Teacher understanding of fluency and related classroom practices

    Article • Language Teaching Research, May 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  7. New directions and developments in defining, analyzing and measuring L2 speech fluency

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  8. Fluency in monologic and dialogic task performance: Challenges in defining and measuring L2 fluency

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  9. Development of Speech Fluency Over a Short Period of Time: Effects of Pedagogic Intervention

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  10. Connecting Research and Practice in TESOL: A Community of Practice Perspective

    Article • RELC Journal, February 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  11. Globalisation and MATESOL programmes in the UK

    Article • Higher Education, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  12. Storyline complexity and syntactic complexity in writing and speaking tasks

    Article • January 2014, John Benjamins

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  13. Task Design and Second Language Performance: The Effect of Narrative Type on Learner Output

    Article • Language Learning, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  14. Native Speakers and Task Performance: Comparing Effects on Complexity, Fluency, and Lexical Diversity

    Article • Language Learning, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  15. Assessing L2 task performance: Understanding effects of task design

    Article • System, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  16. Investigating task difficulty: learners’ and teachers’ perceptions

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli

  17. Task Design and Second Language Performance: The Effect of Narrative Type on Learner Output

    Article • Language Learning, June 2008, Wiley

    Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli