Complexity Theory in Second Language Acquisition

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"3D Printing and Ultra-Large Systems of Cloud Manufacturing"

"Big Happy: Revealing the Character of Cities Through Data"

"From Mindless Eating to Mindlessly Eating Well"

"Why Is Global Success So Unpredictable? Making Sense of

Influence, Social Contagion, Marketing, and Stories"

"Governing Critical Transitions in the Earth System"

"Cryptography for Everyone"

"Turning the Goalie Around: Threat Intelligence and the Paradigm Shift in

Cyber Defense"

COMPLEX

COMPLEX

DYNAMIC

SLA SLD

NONLINEAR

SENSITIVE TO INITIAL STATE

SELF-ORGANIZING

ATTRACTOR AND REPELLER STATES

EMERGENCE

FRACTAL IN SHAPE

Connectionism, emergentism, dynamicism, ecolinguitic,

ecosystemic

Implications?

SLD does not happen item by item

Nonlinear relation between teaching and learning

SLD has peaks and valleys, progress and backslides.

Attractors and repellers

Each intervention takes ss to different paths.

Assessment (placement, level, end state)

Complexity Theory in Second Language Acquisition