英语口语教学中的任务复杂度对评判性思维的影响的任务书IntroductionAstheworldbecomesmoreconnected,theimportanceofspeakingEnglisharoundtheworldhascontinuedtogrow.ThishasledtothedevelopmentofnumerousEnglishlanguageteachingandlearningprograms,whichtakedifferentapproachestoteachingEnglish.Oneapproachthathasgainedpopularityinrecentyearsistask-basedlanguageteaching(TBLT).TBLTisamethodofteachinglanguagethatemphasizestheuseoflanguageincontext,bypresentinglearnerswithtasksthattheymustperformusingthelanguagetheyarelearning.TaskcomplexityisacrucialfactorinTBLT.Thecomplexityofataskcanaffecthowmuchlearnersusecriticalthinkingskills.ThispaperexploreshowtaskcomplexityinoralEnglishclasseshasanimpactonthedevelopmentofcriticalthinkingskills.CriticalThinkingSkillsCriticalthinkingisasetofskillsthathelpussolveproblemsandmakedecisions.Criticalthinkingcomprisesdifferentcognitiveprocessesthatenableindividualstoidentifytherelevantinformation,analyzeideas,evaluatealternatives,synthesizeinformation,andmakeinformeddecisions.Thedevelopmentofcriticalthinkingskillscanbefosteredbyexposinglearnerstolearningtasksthatprovideopportunitiestopracticethesecognitiveprocesses.Thetasksmustbeappropriatelycomplextochallengethelearners'thinkingandprovideopportunitiesforengagement.TaskComplexityTaskcomplexityreferstothecognitiveandlinguisticdemandsofalanguagetask.Taskscanbesimpleorcomplex,dependingonthelevelofdifficulty.Atask'slevelofcomplexitycanbeinfluencedbyitscognitivedemands,suchastheamountofinformationprocessingrequiredandthenatureofthetask'sgoal.Whenataskistoosimpleanddoesnotchallengethelearners'cognitiveabilities,theyareunlikelytoengageincriticalthinking.Ontheotherhand,ifataskistoocomplex,itcanbeoverwhelming,leadingtodisengagementandfrustration.TheImpactofTaskComplexityonCriticalThinkinginEnglishLanguageTeachingEnglishlanguageteachersusedifferenttaskstohelplearnersacquirethelanguageskills.Tasksthataretooeasyortoodifficultcanhaveanegativeeffectoncriticalthinkingdevelopment.Specifically,simpletaskswillnotofferenoughchalleng