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Diane Larsen-Freeman (born 1946) is an American linguist. She is currently a Professor Emerita in Education and in Linguistics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] An applied linguist, known for her work in second language acquisition, English as a second or foreign language, language teaching methods, teacher education, and English grammar, she is renowned for her work on the complex/dynamic systems approach to second language development.

Diane Larsen-Freeman
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Born (1946-02-24) 24 February 1946 (age 76)
United States
Alma mater
  • University of Michigan
  • State University of New York at Oswego
Known for
  • English as a second or foreign language
  • Language pedagogy
  • Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
SpouseElliott Freeman
Children2
Scientific career
Institutions
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • SIT Graduate Institute
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pennsylvania
ThesisThe Acquisition of Grammatical Morphemes by Adult Learners of English as a Second Language (1975)
Doctoral advisorH. Douglas Brown

Career


Larsen-Freeman began her career as a Peace Corps volunteer, teaching English in Sabah, Malaysia from 1967 to 1969, an experience she credits for igniting her fascination with language acquisition.[2][3] She went on to graduate studies at the University of Michigan, earning her PhD in linguistics in 1975.[1]

Larsen-Freeman first served on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles and then the SIT Graduate Institute.[1] In 2002, she returned to the University of Michigan to direct the English Language Institute (ELI), now Michigan Language Assessment and was also appointed Professor in the School of Education and at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in the Department of Linguistics. She was forced to step down from the ELI in 2008 by Dean Terrence J. McDonald and retired from the University of Michigan in 2012, where she holds emerita positions[1] as well as at the SIT Graduate Institute.[4] She remains active in her field, and teaches courses on the structure of English and second language development as a visiting senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.[5]

Larsen-Freeman concentrates her research on the process of second language acquisition. She also researches English grammar, which she regards not only as a set of structural patterns, but also as an important resource for making meaning and for adapting language to the communicative context.[citation needed] She has found that complexity theory provides new insights into language, its acquisition, and its use. She sees all three as complex, non-linear, dynamic processes. Such a perspective has contributed to her dynamic perspective of language, which she has applied to teaching grammar, or “grammaring” as she calls it. [citation needed] The dynamic approach to second language development also acknowledges the individual paths that students chart to second language success, and views teaching as fundamentally a process of managing learning.[1]

Larsen-Freeman was also the editor of the journal Language Learning for five years.[1]

In 2020, Larsen-Freeman contributed to the volume, entitled Usage-based Dynamics in Second Language Development to honour Marjolijn Verspoor's work in applied linguistics.[6]


Research


In 1997, she wrote a seminal article in which she suggested the application of complex/dynamic systems theory to study second language acquisition.[7] A book of papers in her honor, Complexity Theory and Language Development, was published in 2017.[8]

Larsen-Freeman criticised Larry Selinker's Interlanguage in a chapter entitled Another Step to be Taken published in Han and Tarone's Interlanguage - Forty Years Later by claiming that there is no endpoint of the interlanguage continuum. She suggested the reconsideration of the Interlanguage.[9]


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References


  1. "Diane Larsen-Freeman - University of Michigan". University of Michigan. 23 January 2018.
  2. "Story: Diane Larsen-Freeman". Peace Corps 50 Years. University of Michigan Peace Corps Office. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. Sahr, Sarah (2011-10-26). "TESOL Celebrates 50 Years of the Peace Corps: A Collections of Stories from RCPVs Who Are Also TESOL Members". TESOL International Association - TESOL Blog. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  4. "Diane Larsen-Freeman". SIT Graduate Institute. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  5. "Educational Linguistics Division - Faculty". University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  6. Lowie, Wander; Michel, Marije; Rousse-Malpat, Audrey; Keijzer, Merel; Steinkrauss, Rasmus (2020). Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development. Multilingual Matters. p. 328. ISBN 9781788925273.
  7. Larsen-Freeman, D (1997). "Chaos/complexity science and second language acquisition". Applied Linguistics. 18 (2): 141–165. doi:10.1093/applin/18.2.141.
  8. Ortega, L; Han, ZH (2017). Complexity Theory and Language Development: In Celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman. John Benjamins. doi:10.1075/lllt.48. ISBN 9789027213389.
  9. Han, ZH; Tarone, E (2014). Interlanguage - Forty Years Later. John Benjamins. ISBN 9789027270498.
  10. "Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. "The Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award". American Association for Applied Linguistics. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  12. "50 Leaders". TESOL International Association. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-22.



На других языках


- [en] Diane Larsen-Freeman

[ru] Ларсен-Фриман, Дайан

Дайан Ларсен-Фриман (род. 1946) - американский лингвист . В настоящее время она является почетным профессором в области образования и лингвистики в Мичиганском университете в Анн-Арборе, штат Мичиган. [1] Прикладная лингвистка, известная своей работой в области овладения вторым языком, английского как второго или иностранного языка, методов преподавания языка, педагогического образования и грамматики английского языка, она известна своей работой над комплексным/динамическим системным подходом к развитию второго языка.



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