Defining and operationalising L2 complexity

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This chapter takes a critical look at complexity in L2 research. We demonstrate several problems in the L2 literature in terms of how complexity has been defined and operationalised as a construct. In the first part of the chapter we try to unravel its highly complex, multidimensional nature by presenting a taxonomic model that identifies major types, dimensions and components of L2 complexity, each of which can be independently analysed or measured. The second part evaluates how complexity has been measured in empirical SLA research. Using the taxonomy of L2 complexity from part 1 as a framework, we inventory the measures of L2 complexity that have been used in a sample of forty recent L2 studies. Next we discuss the construct validity of several widely used measures of grammatical complexity by identifying their underlying logic as well as the methodological and practical challenges that their computation presents.
Originele taal-2English
TitelDimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency
SubtitelComplexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA
RedacteurenAlex Housen, Folkert Kuiken, Ineke Vedder
Plaats van productieAmsterdam
UitgeverijJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pagina's21-46
Aantal pagina's25
ISBN van elektronische versie978-90-272-7326-0
ISBN van geprinte versie978-90-272-1305-1
StatusPublished - 2012

Publicatie series

NaamLanguage Learning & Language Teaching
UitgeverijJohn Benjamins Publishing
Volume32
ISSN van geprinte versie1569-9471

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Alex Housen, Folkert Kuiken, Ineke Vedder

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