SALIENT POINT #1"Conversation analysts study social behavior in terms of its local organization, particularly the sequential organization of talk-in-interaction. They do so in the belief that 'the truth is in the details' of person-to-person interaction--that social interaction is primarily organized at this level."Dwight AtkinsonAlternative Approaches to Second Language AcquisitionCh. 6, p. 155
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SALIENT POINT #2 "A key sociocognitive claim is that we learn as we live--that learning and being are integrated processes. As we continuously adapt top our environments, something of the adaptation is retained--that is, we learn by experience. If this point seems too obvious to mention, then why does mainstream learning theory, including in SLA studies, insist on separating acquisition from use?"Dwight AtkinsonAlternative Approaches to Second Language AcquisitionChapter 6, p. 149
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SALIENT POINT #3"The proposed arguments for choosing epistemological diversity over incommensurability are always both moral and epistemic: Acceptance of diversity and engagement with dissent are viewed as desirable normative values related to democracy and liberal ideas of the good life as well as choices that lead to improved knowledge and understanding of the phenomena researchers care about."Lourdes OrtegaAlternative Approaches to Second Language AcquisitionChapter 7, p. 177