THE GOAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM THEORY IN SECOND LANGUAGE

ADQUISITION IS TO DISCOVER ORDER AND SYSTEMATICITY WITHIN ALL

THE PRESUMED VARIABILITY OF MILLIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE
LEARNERS ACROSS HUNDREDS OF LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE.
LANGUAGE CAN BE SEEN AS A DYNAMIC SYSTEM FACING NUMEROUS
VARIABLES THAT INTERACT OVER THE TIME AND THAT LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT CAN BEEN SEEN AS A DYNAMIC PROCESS.
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PERFORME SOME OF THE CORE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DYNAMIC SYSTEM. SENSITIVE DEPENDENCE
ON INICIAL CONDITIONS, COMPLETE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
SUBSYSTEMS, THE EMERGENCE OF ATTRACTOR STATES IN DEVELOPMENT
OVER TIME AND VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AN THE INVIROMENT.
THE APPLICATION OF TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED BY THE
STUDY OF DYNMIC SYSTEM IN OTHER DISCIPLINES CALLS FOR DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO RESEARCH, WHCH ALLOWS FOR THE INCLUSION OF
BOTH THE SOCIAL AND THE COGNITIVE, AND THE INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN SYSTEMS.
IN ORDER TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING THE DST can be described
in the form of general principle, according to Diane Larsen Freeman. These
include the claim that complex systems.

1- Are open and Dynamic.

2- Manifest desequilibrium.
3- Are adaptive to change within multiple context.
4- Have elements that interact with each other in non linear patterns,
and
5- Exhibit unexpected ocurrences.

One of the most intriguing aspects of DST IH THE CONCEPT OF THE

INTERDEPENDENCY OF INTERACTING ELEMENTS.
CONCEPTOS FALTANTE

THE POINT IS THAT THE TEACHERS BENEFIT FROM UNDERSTANDING THE

MANY PERSPECTIVES UNDERSLYING EVERYDAY CLASSROOM PRACTICES.
BY PUTTING SUCH PRINCIPLES AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE
METHODOLOGICAL OPTIONS, YOU FACILITATE MAKING BETTER CHOICES
AMONG CLASSROON TECHNIQUES, VALID AND REALIBLE ASSESSMENTS
OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE, MORE ACCURATE EVALUATION OF THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PEDAGOGY AND ENLIGHTENED DESICIONS ON
WHAT YOU WILL DO BETTER TOMORROW.

HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING

AND THE NITTY-GRITTY WORK OF TEACHING STUDENTS AN L2 ¿. WE CAN
LLOK AT SOME GUIDENESS.