Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development (Language Learning & Language Teaching) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027205582 ISBN 13: 9789027205582

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020

Synopsis

This volume integrates complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and L2 writing scholarship through a collection of in-depth studies and commentary across a range of writing constructs, learning contexts, and second and foreign languages. The text is arranged thematically across four topics: (i) perspectives on complexity, accuracy, and fluency, (ii) new constructs, approaches, and domains of L2-writing scholarship, (iii) methodological issues, and finally (iv) curricular perspectives. This work should appeal to graduate students and academics interested in expanded discussions on CDST, highlighting its utility for theorizing and researching language change, and to L2 writing scholars curious about how this fresh approach to researching L2 development can inform understandings of how L2 writing develops. As a CDST approach to language change has matured and taken a place among the dominant epistemologies in the field, students and researchers of L2 development alike will benefit from this volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027205582
• ISBN 13: 9789027205582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Fogal Gary G., Verspoor Marjolijn H.