Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST), an instantiation in applied linguistics of
complexity epistemology that transcends disciplinary boundaries, has gained much traction …

The overarching project of the conceptual and empirical contributions in this special issue is
to redraw boundaries for language teacher cognition research. Our aim in this final article is …

In this article it is argued that language can be seen as a dynamic system, ie a set of
variables that interact over time, and that language development can be seen as a dynamic …

The origins of this chapter lie in our ongoing attempts as classroom teachers to make sense
of some of the great changes we frequently observe in those learners who venture abroad to …

The application of techniques from artificial intelligence (AI) to CALL has commonly been
referred to as intelligent CALL (ICALL). ICALL is only slightly older than the CALICO Journal …

In this article, we describe and model the language classroom as a complex adaptive
system (see Logan & Schumann, 2005). We argue that linear, categorical descriptions of …

Moving from a language teaching post at a conventional UK university to the Open
University in 1999, I first experienced a model of distance education that was based on the …

Lexical Processing and Second Language Acquisition provides a comprehensive overview
of research on second language lexical processing, integrating converging research and …

The present paper will present an overview of the state of the art in language attrition
research, attempting to provide an integrated picture of the attrition process in the light of …

This study investigates the formal verbalizations of evaluation used by four beginning L2
learners of Finnish from a dynamic usage-based perspective. Longitudinal data collected …