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Ashley Beccia; Wai Man Adrienne Lew; ZhaoHong Han – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
In the field of applied linguistics, Diane Larsen-Freeman is widely recognized, among her numerous contributions, as the originator of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). Over the years since her seminal publication (Larsen-Freeman, 1997), CDST has evolved into a meta-theory that guides the field's thinking on a variety of developmental…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics
Baxter, Robert Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
"Interactional competence" is a theoretical construct that has only recently been tested empirically. Speakers contribute to an interaction with their individual resources; however, interactional competence is co-constructed by all participants. Interactional competence can be observed in spoken interaction as speakers' combined ability…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Spanish, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis