Mahmoud Abdi Tabari

Teaching Assistant Professor
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Summary

As an applied linguist, I specialize in second language acquisition, task-based language teaching and learning, and multilingual and second language writing.

Research interests

  • Task design, task characteristics, and task sequencing
  • Cognition in academic writing
  • Complexity, accuracy, lexis, and fluency in academic writing
  • Individual differences
  • Written corrective feedback
  • Mixed-methods research designs and analyses

Recent publications

  • 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).
  • Johnson, M. D., & Abdi Tabari, M. (2022). Task planning and oral L2 production: A research synthesis and meta-analysis, Applied Linguistics, 
  • Abdi Tabari, M., & Cho, M. (2022). The effects of task sequencing on L2 learners’ writing development, Language Teaching Research,136216882210909. 
  • 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. doi: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. doi:10.1016/j.asw.2022.100605
  • 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. doi: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. doi: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. doi: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. doi:10.1075/jsls.21014.abd
  • Abdi Tabari, M. (2020). Differential effects of strategic planning and task structure on L2 writing outcomes. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 36(4), 320–338. doi: 10.1080/10573569.2019.1637310

Education

  • Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2018