Humanizing TESOL Research Through the Lens of Complexity Thinking. Issue 2 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pinner, Richard S.; Sampson, Richard J.
• Is Part Of: TESOL quarterly. Volume 55:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 633
• Page End: 642
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: English language -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Langue seconde; Anglais (Langue); Enseignement; Pâeriodique âelectronique (Descripteur de forme); 428.007
• DOI: 10.1002/tesq.604
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-8322

Abstract

Abstract : Humanizing complexity research is already strongly advocated by much of the literature on complexity (Kramsch, 2011; Larsen‐Freeman, 2011; Sampson, 2016) and yet there is a recent trend towards a potentially alienating approach, which could confound readers, utilising a dense vocabulary and overly technical methods. We advocate a more practical approach to complexity thinking, which continues on from McKinley's (2019) paper on the teaching‐research nexus by advocating more practitioner‐based research which can provide emic and contextually situated insights into the language classroom.