37.1958, Media: "Second Language Development" Diane Larsen-Freeman - Talking about Langauges

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Subject: 37.1958, Media: "Second Language Development" Diane Larsen-Freeman - Talking about Langauges

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Date: 01-Jun-2026
From: Rosa Alonso [ralonso at uvigo.es]
Subject: "Second Language Development" Diane Larsen-Freeman - Talking about Langauges


I enclose the link to the interview with Diane Larsen-Freeman on "
Second Language Development".
https://tv.uvigo.es/video/6a1937f878c6aead6558a912?track_id=6a193da178c6aead74060d52
Abstract:
 This interview discusses the shift from traditional views of Second
Language Acquisition (SLA) to more dynamic perspectives on Second
Language Development (SLD). Early theories based on Universal Grammar
viewed language learning as guided by innate principles, while
connectionism and usage-based models argued that language emerges from
exposure, patterns, and interaction.A central focus is Complex Dynamic
Systems Theory (CDST), which sees language as an open, adaptive, and
constantly changing system shaped by cognitive, social, and contextual
factors. Larsen-Freeman argues that learners are active agents,
development is variable and nonlinear, and there is no fixed end state
in language.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition




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