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OF MOVING TARGETS AND CHAMELEONS

Why the Concept of Difficulty Is So Hard to Pin Down

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2016

Robert DeKeyser
Robert DeKeyser*
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University of Maryland
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Abstract

In this short article I try to present a taxonomy of sources of difficulty, in particular complexity. I emphasize how these factors interact with each other and with individual differences and treatments, before illustrating some of these interactions and the methodological issues involved in studying them with examples from the empirical studies in this issue. Finally, I make some suggestions for future research.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 38 , Special Issue 2: Cognitive Perspectives on Difficulty and Complexity in SLA , June 2016 , pp. 353 - 363
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