Gilmore, Alex and Ganem Gutierrez, Gabriela (2020) Investigating complexity in L2 writing with mixed methods approaches. In: Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development. Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54 . John Benjamins, 183 - 206. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.54.08gil
Gilmore, Alex and Ganem Gutierrez, Gabriela (2020) Investigating complexity in L2 writing with mixed methods approaches. In: Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development. Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54 . John Benjamins, 183 - 206. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.54.08gil
Gilmore, Alex and Ganem Gutierrez, Gabriela (2020) Investigating complexity in L2 writing with mixed methods approaches. In: Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development. Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54 . John Benjamins, 183 - 206. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.54.08gil
Abstract
This chapter examines L2 writing from a complex systems perspective, viewing text construction as a process operating over multiple, interconnected timescales and levels. Any attempt to capture the full complexity of the system needs to be able to identify the different components in play, the timescales and levels of social organization at which they operate, the relationships between the components, and how the components and their relationships change over time. We argue, similarly to Dörnyei (2009: 109), that mixed methods research “suits the multi-level analysis of complex issues, because it allows investigators to obtain data about both the individual and the broader societal context” and discuss some of the affordances and challenges of this approach with respect to L2 writing.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | complex dynamic systems, L2 writing, mixed methods, triangulation, interdisciplinarity |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2020 12:12 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2021 01:00 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27788 |
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