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Direct linkKostoulas, Achilleas; Stelma, Juup; Mercer, Sarah; Cameron, Lynne; Dawson, Susan – TESOL Journal, 2018
In this article, the researchers explore how insights from complex systems theory might resonate with the experience of TESOL practitioners and argue that complexity can function as a shared discourse space where connections might be drawn between research and practice. The article grew out of a meeting between TESOL practitioners and researchers…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship
Larsen-Freeman, Diane; Cameron, Lynne – Modern Language Journal, 2008
Changes to research methodology motivated by the adoption of a complexity theory perspective on language development are considered. The dynamic, nonlinear, and open nature of complex systems, together with their tendency toward self-organization and interaction across levels and timescales, requires changes in traditional views of the functions…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Second Language Learning, Systems Approach, Validity
