Complex, not complicated: Diane Larsen Freeman on Complexity Theory in Applied Linguistics (Part 1)

"What does a complex systems view have to say about language?", Diane Larsen-Freeman, series adviser for Oxford Applied Linguistics, discusses her insights into how a complex systems approach might impact on language, and the learning and teaching of it. Diane Larsen-Freeman is co-author of Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics with Lynne Cameron (OUP, 2008) and co-author of Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (Third Edition) with Marti Anderson (OUP, 2011). To learn more about Oxford Applied Linguistics, please visit: elt.oup.com/ca...

[@rjay8308]

I love it! I have studied health and social care and finishing mental health nursing though I needed a break.but I see how important it is and how language is so important when we teach and assess ourselves and others! Academic life will have to embrace it otherwise it’s out of purpose! No more system thinking!

[@jmudikun]

What a valuable intellectual you are. Thank you for this

[@gabeglota]

good!