Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement

Marije Michel; Dwight Atkinson; Amable Custodio Ribeiro; Theodora Alexopoulou; Marco Cappellini; Søren Wind Eskildsen; Xuesong Gao; John Hellermann; Hayriye Kayi-Aydar; Wander Lowie; Jorge Andres Mejía-Laguna; Lourdes Ortega; Simona Pekarek Doehler; Miyuki Sasaki; Masatoshi Sato; Steven L. Thorne; Yongyan Zheng

doi:10.1111/modl.12983

Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement

Marije Michel, Dwight Atkinson, Amable Custodio Ribeiro, Theodora Alexopoulou, Marco Cappellini, Søren Wind Eskildsen, Xuesong Gao, John Hellermann, Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Wander Lowie, Jorge Andres Mejía-Laguna, Lourdes Ortega, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Miyuki Sasaki, Masatoshi Sato, Steven L. Thorne, Yongyan Zheng

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In this final article in this guest-edited issue on synergies in second language acquisition and teaching (SLA/T), we attempt to bring together the main content of this issue in an overall, combined synergy statement, concluding this project as a whole. Let us remind readers of the project: A shared effort by 17 scholars taking 11 different perspectives on SLA/T is not the norm in our field. Our aim has been to promote the intermingling and cross-pollination of ideas, on the conviction that such efforts are needed to promote a field that is more than simply the sum of its parts, which are quite dispersed. In this article, we take up the challenge of synergizing the synergies. Taking into account the group synergy statements (Articles 2–4 of this guest-edited issue), we explore those areas where we find synergies, commensurabilities, and complementary insights based on cross-pollination among a collection of scholars representing diverse perspectives on SLA/T.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	90-103
Number of pages	14
Journal	Modern Language Journal
Volume	109
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12983
State	Published - Jan 2025

Keywords

commensurability
Douglas Fir Group
SLA studies
synergy

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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Michel, M., Atkinson, D., Ribeiro, A. C., Alexopoulou, T., Cappellini, M., Eskildsen, S. W., Gao, X., Hellermann, J., Kayi-Aydar, H., Lowie, W., Mejía-Laguna, J. A., Ortega, L., Pekarek Doehler, S., Sasaki, M., Sato, M., Thorne, S. L., & Zheng, Y. (2025). Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement. Modern Language Journal, 109, 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12983

Michel, M, Atkinson, D, Ribeiro, AC, Alexopoulou, T, Cappellini, M, Eskildsen, SW, Gao, X, Hellermann, J, Kayi-Aydar, H, Lowie, W, Mejía-Laguna, JA, Ortega, L, Pekarek Doehler, S, Sasaki, M, Sato, M, Thorne, SL & Zheng, Y 2025, 'Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement', Modern Language Journal, vol. 109, pp. 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12983

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