Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language DevelopmentOUP Oxford, 2006 M03 2 - 398 pages Integrates theory, research, and practice on the learning of second and foreign languages as informed by sociocultural and activity theory. It familiarizes students, teachers, and other researchers who do not work within the theory with its principal claims and constructs in particular as they relate to second language research. The book also describes and illustrates the use of activity theory to support practical and conceptual innovations in second language education. |
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... classroom setting in this case ] , it makes a more obvious and clear- cut distinction between people , like these are the people who know and these are the people who don't know , and I think it just makes some sort of concrete thing ...
... classroom setting in this case ] , it makes a more obvious and clear- cut distinction between people , like these are the people who know and these are the people who don't know , and I think it just makes some sort of concrete thing ...
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... classroom setting , we think it is fair to say that most approaches to language teaching assumed that classroom learning was fundamentally an explicit learning experience . Since that time , the possib- ility of implicit learning in the ...
... classroom setting , we think it is fair to say that most approaches to language teaching assumed that classroom learning was fundamentally an explicit learning experience . Since that time , the possib- ility of implicit learning in the ...
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... classroom ' in J. K. Hall and L. Verplaeste ( eds . ) . The Construction of Second and Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction . Mahwah , N.J .: Lawrence Erlbaum . Ohta , A. S. 2001. Second Language Acquisition Processes ...
... classroom ' in J. K. Hall and L. Verplaeste ( eds . ) . The Construction of Second and Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction . Mahwah , N.J .: Lawrence Erlbaum . Ohta , A. S. 2001. Second Language Acquisition Processes ...
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A. N. Leont'ev ability According action activity system activity theory adult analysis Applied Linguistics approach appropriate argues artifacts aspect assessment behavior Belz Chapter child classroom cognitive cognitive linguistics communicative complex conceptual metaphors constructed contexts cultural cultural-historical psychology describe developmental discussion dynamic assessment educational Ellis Engeström English Eva Hoffman example experience explicit explicit knowledge external focus focused foreign language Frawley Gal'perin gesture goal grammar human ibid imitation individual inner speech instruction interaction internalization interpretation knowledge L2 learners L2 learning L2 speakers language acquisition language learning Lantolf Leont'ev lexical Luria mental functions motion Negueruela object organized participants Pavlenko pedagogical performance perspective practice preterit private speech problem produced psychological relationship relevant response Russian SCOBA Second Language Second Language Acquisition semiotic social Spanish specific structure task teacher thinking Tomasello understanding utterance Valsiner verb verbal Vygotsky Vygotsky's Wertsch words ZPD concept