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CIFLTE Guest Talk
Hosted by the Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College
We are excited to host Dr. Heidi Byrnes from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The title of the talk is:
Exploring Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) for Language Education
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)
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CIFLTE Public Talk
Hosted by the Program in TESOL/Applied Linguistics and the Center for International Foreign Language Teacher Education (CIFLTE) at Teachers College
We are excited to have Dr. Peter D. MacIntyre from Cape Breton University, Canada. The title of his talk is:
Complex Dynamic Systems: Putting the Psychology of the Learner into Motion
Date: Friday, September 27th, 2019
Time: Talk 1: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Talk 2: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Venue: 138 Horace Mann
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The toolbox of concepts available from complex dynamic systems perspective allows for new approaches to conceptualizing what is happening as language learners engage with the learning and communication process. In this presentation, we will examine how psychological concepts such as anxiety, motivation and willingness to communicate are typically conceptualized and then how they can be viewed from a complex dynamic systems perspective. But conceptualization is only the first part of the process, we also need practical approaches to studying those processes if we are to make progress in understanding what is happening in the minds of learners. The second part of this presentation will review methods that are being developed to take a look at learners from a dynamic perspective. The Idiodynamic method, which has been used in both research and teaching applications, will be described and demonstrated.