Invited Colloquia AAAL2008

Fluency, accuracy and complexity in SLA: Theoretical and methodological perspectives
 Alex Housen (first/top), Free University of Brussels & Folkert Kuiken (second/top), University of Amsterdam

This colloquium explores the converging theoretical and methodological approaches that different disciplines (linguistic, cognitive, pedagogic) bring to the study of complexity, fluency and accuracy as basic dimensions of language proficiency in second language representation, use, development, learning and teaching.

Organizers:

  • Alex Housen, University of Brussels
  • Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam

Presenters:

  • Rod Ellis, University of Auckland
  • Robert DeKeyser, University of Maryland
  • Peter Skehan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • John Norris,University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • Lourdes Ortega, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Discussant:

  • Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan
  • Peter Robinson, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo