Tasker ED 572: Complexity Theory by Amanda Devlyn Rose Tasker https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110 Let's examine Complexity Theory as it pertains to Language Acquisition en-us 2020-02-20 03:50:04 UTC 2020-02-20 05:45:54 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the role of the teacher? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447852953 According to Diane Larsen Freeman,
the teacher's role is to "promote noticing of features... and give students an opportunity to work with those features in a meaningful way." (2016)
]]> 2020-02-20 03:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447852953 How can teachers accomplish this? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447854386 Freeman admonishes teachers to "think iteratively rather than repetitively..." Freeman goes on to explain that we should give students the opportunity to revisit the language in a meaningful way, rather than just repeating it. (2016)]]> 2020-02-20 04:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447854386 Wait, what does that mean? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447855999 Freeman's example is to expose students to the similar language about a relevant topic in different formats, such as reading a passage and watching a video. (2016)]]> 2020-02-20 04:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447855999 Okay, what's next? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447857081 Helping students learn to adapt the language as they need it. Teachers must help students develop this skill so that their language acquisition can move beyond the classroom. Freeman suggests that we do this in a consistent way, "teach adaptation". (2016)]]> 2020-02-20 04:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447857081 Can you give me an example? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447858553 Freeman references the "4, 3, 2, 1" technique, in which new partners tell the same story to one another in 4 minutes, then 3 minutes, and so on. This exercise teaches students to adapt their language with out using straight repetition. (2016) ]]> 2020-02-20 04:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447858553 What is Complexity Theory? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447863272 Complex Theory is a framework that has been borrowed and adapted from Chaos Theory in the study of mathematics and natural sciences. It deals with "the study of dynamic, complex nonlinear systems" (1997) and is adapted for Language Acquisition by Diane Larsen Freeman. ]]> 2020-02-20 04:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447863272 How do we assess students? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447865412 Freeman asserts that we must assess students in a self-referential manner. We assess them according to their ability to grow in language usage, and not against a "native-speaker yard-stick." (2016)]]> 2020-02-20 04:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447865412 So, it's from science and math? taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447872047 Yes.  It's important to understand the ideas and concepts underpinning educational theories. It's also worth noting Freeman's warning: "...we have to be especially careful when
we appropriate and apply a theory from another discipline to our own..." (2013)]]> 2020-02-20 05:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447872047 References: taskera https://padlet.com/taskera/4oatctdn2110/wish/447872922 [Oxford University Press ELT]. (2016, May 10). Complex, not complicated: Diane Larsen Freeman on Complexity Theory in Applied Linguistics (Part 3). [Video File]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhigaLxsYtU&feature=youtu.be

Larsen-Freeman, Diane. (2013). Complexity theory: a new way to think. Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada. 13. 369-373. 10.1590/S1984-63982013000200002. 

Larsen-Freeman, Diane. (1997). Chaos/Complexity Science and Second Language Acquisition. Applied Linguistics. 18. 10.1093/applin/18.2.141. 

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