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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100194421600
ISBN-139780194421607
eBay Product ID (ePID)1770787
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameSociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJames P. Lantolf
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesOxford Applied Linguistics Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceEnglish as a Second Language
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal401.9/3
Table Of ContentIntroducing sociocultural theory, James P. Lantolf1. Sociocultural contributions to understanding the foreign and second language classroom, Richard Donato2. Rethinking interaction in SLA: Developmentally appropriate assistance in the zone of proximal development and the acquisition of L2 grammar, Amy Snyder Ohta3. Subjects speak out: How learners position themselves in a psycholinguistic task, Regina Roebuck4. The output hypothesis and beyond: Mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue, Merrill Swain5. Playfulness as mediation in communicative language teaching in a Vietnamese classroom, Patricia N. Sullivan6. Social discursive constructions of self in L2 learning, Claire Kramsch7. Second language learning as participation and the (re)construction of selves, Aneta Pavlenko and James P. Lantolf8. Side affects: The strategic development of professional satisfaction, Deryn P. Verity9. The appropriation of gestures of the abstract by L2 learners, Steven G. McCafferty and Mohammed K. Ahmed10. Second language acquisition theory and the truth(s) about relativity, Steven L. Thorne11. From input to affordance: Social-interactive learning from an ecological perspective, Leo van Lierbr /BibliographyIndex
SynopsisThis book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted into the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective., This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning; gestural mediation in a second language; andconstructing a self through a second language., This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning; gestural mediation in a second language; and constructing a self through a second language.