University of Tabriz Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning 2251-7995 15 31 2023 07 01 L2 Writing and Working Memory: differential effects of task types under different conditions 48 65 16309 10.22034/elt.2023.56150.2531 EN Rezvan Cheraqi Department of English Language, Faculty of Humanities, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. Rajab Esfandiari Department of English Language, Faculty of Humanities, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. Journal Article 2023 04 11 Language teachers should be aware of the effect of various task types on L2 writing. The purpose of the present study was twofold: To investigate the effect of various task types, including graphic-writing task, decision-making task, and reasoning task, on L2 writing and to examine the relationship between working memory and L2 writing ability under three task conditions. To that end, 55 upper-intermediate male and female language learners from Dorsa Institute and Zabankadeh Meli in Hashtgerd participated in this study. Oxford Placement Test (OPT) test was used to homogenize the participants and Reading Span Test to test the working memory. Participants wrote an argumentative writing before and after the treatment. SPSS (version 25) was utilized to analyze the data. Results of data analysis showed statistically significant differences between graphic-writing task and the other two tasks while no significant differences were found between decision-making and reasoning tasks. Finding of the study showed the positive relationship between L2 writing and working memory. Implications of the study for the language learners are discussed. https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_16309_c6e2c68ee60b3c90b8a8b3e1b240813c.pdf