Complex dynamic systems theory and L2 writing development edited by Gary G. Fogal, Marjolijn Verspoor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fogal, Gary G.

Verspoor, Marjolyn.

Series:

Language learning and language teaching volume 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Exploring dynamic developmental trajectories of writing fluency : who benefited from the writing task? / Kyoko Baba

Coordination of linguistic subsystems as a sign of automatization? / Junping Hou, Hanneke Loerts and Marjolijn H. Verspoor

The dynamic co-development of linguistic and discourse-semantic complexity in advanced L2 writing / Yu Wang and Shoucun Tao

Adaptive imitation : formulaicity and the words of others in L2 English academic writing / Susy Macqueen and Ute Knoch

Profiling the dynamic changes of syntactic complexity in L2 academic writing : a multilevel synchrony method / R. Rosmawati

Biographical retrodiction for investigating the evolution of learner agency and L2 writing development through study abroad experiences / Ryo Nitta

The elusive phase shift : capturing changes in L2 writing development and interaction between the cognitive and social ecosystems / Elizabeth Hepford

Investigating complexity in L2 writing with mixed methods approaches / Alex Gilmore and Gabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez

A critical appraisal of the CDST approach to investigating linguistic complexity in L2 writing development / Bram Bulté and Alex Housen

Envisioning L2 writing development in CDST under a curricular optic : a proposal / Heidi Byrnes

Unpacking 'simplex systems' : curricular thinking for L2 writing development / Gary G. Fogal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.