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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of L2 production in simple task and complex task (N = 42)

From: One size fits all? The role of task complexity in L2 production via the audio chat

Measures

Simple

Complex

M

SD

M

SD

Syntactic complexity

 MLAS

5.81

1.35

6.01

1.46

 CAS

1.29

0.18

1.32

0.17

 RSC

0.20

0.10

0.22

0.10

Lexical complexity

 Guiraud’s index

5.74

0.59

5.78

0.68

 LFP

4.72

2.23

8.96

2.29

Accuracy

 E/100W

8.62

3.65

8.59

3.75

 TLV

0.90

0.07

0.90

0.07

  1. MLAS = mean length of AS unit; CAS = clauses per AS unit; RSC = ratio of subordinate clauses to the total number of clauses; E/100W = errors per 100 words; TLV = target-like verbs