Theory Construction in SLA: Complementarity and Opposition  

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Beretta, Alan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Studies in Second Language Acquisition (sebagian Full Text & ada di PROQUEST Th.2001-) vol. 13 no. 4 (Dec. 1991), page 493.

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There are indications that a determined effort toward theory construc- tion is currently being mounted in SLA (Gregg, 1989, 1990; Long, 1990; Spolsky, 1989). This raises a number of epistemological issues, one of which is the question of multiple theories and lack of conver- gence (and the related question of distinguishing science from nonsci- ence-and from nonsense). In a field where there are many different theories, is the relationship between them one of complementarity or of opposition? Are there criteria for appraisal and choice? Issues relating to theory construction have received considerable attention in the litera- ture (e.g., Lightbown, 1984; McLaughlin, 1987). This article aims to build on such initiatives asking: (a) Are there multiple theories of SLA? (b) Is it a problem? and (c) What criteria have SLA researchers used to appraise and choose between theories, and how compelling are they? Following this, consideration is given to top-down and bottom-up ap- proaches to SLA theory construction. I conclude by advancing the modest claim that rationality in SLA theory construction is possible, in spite of insistent problems.

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