Exploring Regularities and Dynamic Systems in L2 Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4502249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anke Lenzing (Paderborn University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-122 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12092 |
| OpenAlex | W1552792542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article focuses on a theoretical and empirical exploration of developmental trajectories and individual learner variation in second language (L2) acquisition. Taking a processability perspective, I view learner language as a dynamic system that includes predictable universal developmental trajectories as well as individual learner variation, where the latter is not precisely predictable. Both dimensions are subject to specific processing constraints that are determined by the architecture of the human language processor. I claim that this view of L2 acquisition is compatible with the core notions of Dynamic Systems Theory. I present results from an empirical study of beginning L2 learners of English with German as their first language to support this claim. The results show (1) that there are developmental regularities in L2 acquisition that are common to all learners and (2) that the learner variation that occurs is consistent with the constraints of the developing L2 system
Cognitive psychology · Comprehension approach · Developmental linguistics · German · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Natural language · Perspective (graphical) · Second-language acquisition · Variation (astronomy) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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The research manual
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
Language Processing and Second Language Development
First and Second Language Acquisition
Lexical Functional Grammar
A First Language
Speaking
Variability in Second Language Development From a Dynamic Systems Perspective
On determining developmental stages in natural second language acquisition
The Role of Formulaic Language in Second Language Acquisition
Natural Sequences in Child Second Language Acquisition 1
Variability and Variation in Second Language Acquisition Orders
A Dynamic Systems Theory approach to second language acquisition
A Basis for Scaling Qualitative Data
Rote or Rule? Exploring the Role of Formulaic Language in Classroom ForeignLanguage Learning
An Outline of Processability Theory and Its Relationship to Other Approaches to SLA
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |