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Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing DevelopmentEdited by Gary G. Fogal and Marjolijn H. Verspoor
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 54] 2020
► pp. 183–206
Chapter 8Investigating complexity in L2 writing with mixed methods
approaches
Alex Gilmore | University of Tokyo
Gabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez | University of Essex
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), 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” (p. 109) and discuss some of the affordances and
challenges of this approach with respect to L2 writing.
Article outline
- Introduction
- A complex systems perspective on L2 writing
- Mixed methods research and the study of complex dynamic systems
- A brief history of mixed methods research
- Mixed methods and their relationship to complex dynamic systems
- The challenges associated with mixed methods research
- Applying a mixed methods approach to the investigation of L2 writing processes
- Methodological affordances: Investigating different levels of the complex system
- The macro-level
- The meso-level
- The micro-level
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Methodological challenges
- The preparation stage
- The implementation stage
- The analytical stage
- The dissemination stage
- Conclusion
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Notes -
References
Published online: 04 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.54.08gil
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.54.08gil
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