A dynamic approach to second language development methods and techniques

Author(s)

• Verspoor, Marjolyn
• Bot, Kees De
• Lowie, Wander

Bibliographic Information

A dynamic approach to second language development methods and techniques

edited by Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Kees de Bot, Wander Lowie

（Language learning and language teaching / series editors, Birgit Harley, Jan H. Hulstijn, 29）

John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2011

• : hb
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the field, concentrates on tools and techniques recently developed to analyze language data from a dynamic perspective. The chapters deal with the general thoughts and reasoning behind coding data, analyzing variability, discovering interacting variables and modeling. The accompanying How to sections give step-by-step instructions to using macros to speed up the coding, creating a dedicated lexical profile, making min-max graphs, testing for significance in single case studies by running simulations, and modeling. Example files and data sets are available on the accompanying website (http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lllt.29.website). Although the focus is on second language development, the tools are applicable to a wide range of phenomena in applied linguistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. List of How to sections
• 2. Acknowledgements
• 3. Introduction (by Bot, Kees de)
• 4. Researching Second Language Development from a Dynamic Systems Theory perspective (by Bot, Kees de)
• 5. Dynamic Systems Theory and a usage-based approach to Second Language Development (by Verspoor, Marjolijn)
• 6. Coding and extracting data (by Schmid, Monika S.)
• 7. Variability and DST (by Dijk, Marijn van)
• 8. Visualizing interactions between variables (by Verspoor, Marjolijn)
• 9. Modeling development and change (by Lowie, Wander)
• 10. Epilogue (by Bot, Kees de)
• 11. How to sections (by Verspoor, Marjolijn)
• 12. References
• 13. Index
• 14. Website

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Details

• NCID: BB05396500
• ISBN:
  • 9789027219985
  • 9789027219992
• LCCN: 2010044921
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 211 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.2
  • DC22 : 418.0071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA5675478X