The Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Development (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lantolf, James P.; Swain, Merrill; Poehner, Matthew E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Development is the first comprehensive overview of the field of sociocultural second language acquisition (SLA). In 35 chapters, each written by an expert in the area, this book offers perspectives on both the theoretical and practical sides of the field. This Handbook covers a broad range of topics, divided into several major sections, including:

• concepts and principles as related to second language development;
• concept-based instruction;
• dynamic assessment and other assessment based on sociocultural theory (SCT);
• literacy and content-based language teaching;
• bilingual/multilingual education;
• SCT and technology; and
• teacher education.

This is the ideal resource for graduate students and researchers working in the areas of SLA and second language development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 614
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317229902
• Artikelnr.: 54362273

Autorenporträt

James P. Lantolf is the Greer Professor in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is Director of the Center for Language Acquisition and was co-editor of Applied Linguistics and founding editor of the journal Language and Sociocultural Theory. He is Changjiang Scholar in Applied Linguistics in the School of Foreign Studies at Xi'an JiaoTong University, China. Matthew E. Poehner is Associate Professor of World Languages Education and Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is currently Associate Editor of Language and Sociocultural Theory. Merrill Swain is Professor Emerita at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. She was President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and Vice President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Vaasa in Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction James P. Lantolf, Matthew E. Poehner, and Merrill Swain
PART I
Sociocultural Theory Concepts and Principles
2. Mediation and Internalization: Conceptual Analysis and Practical
Applications
Alex Kozulin
3. Zones of Proximal Development: Mundane and Magical
Lois Holzman
4. Essential Aspects of Vygotsky's Theoretical Framework and Methodological
Approach Revealed in His Analysis of Unit(ies)
Holbrook Mahn
5. Vygotsky on the Consciousness and the Application to Second Language
Development
Steven G. McCafferty
6. Understanding Development Through the Perezhivanie of Learning
Nikolai Veresov and Nelson Mok
7. Acquisition of Scientific Concepts as the Content of School Instruction
Yuriy Karpov
PART II
Second Languages, the Brain, and Thinking
8. Neuropsychology of Bilingualism
Mónica Rosselli and Alfredo Ardila
9. Inner Speech and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning
Anke Werani
10. Private and Inner Speech in L2 Learning: The Impact of Vygotskyan
Sociocultural Theory
María C. M. de Guerrero
11. Gesture as a Window Onto Conceptualization in Second Language Acquisition:
A Vygotskian Perspective
Gale Stam
PART III
Concept-Based Instruction
12. Concept-Based Instruction: Investigating the Role of Conscious Conceptual
Manipulation in L2 Development
Próspero García
13. Concept-Based Instruction of Chinese as a Second Language
Jie Zhang and Xian Zhang
14. Concept-Based Pragmatics Instruction: Principles and Applications
Rémi A. van Compernolle
15. Mediated Development: Promoting Learner Internalization of L2 Concepts
through Cognitive-Process Focused Activities
Paolo Infante
PART IV
Dynamic Assessment
16. Probing and Provoking L2 Development: The Object of Mediation in Dynamic
Assessment and Mediated Development
Matthew E. Poehner
17. Understanding Learner L2 Development Through Reciprocity
Rumia Ableeva
18. Mediator and Learner Engagement in Co-Regulated Inter-Psychological
Activity
Kristin J. Davin
19. Employing Dynamic Assessment to Enhance Agency Among L2 Learners
Tziona Levi and Matthew E. Poehner
20. Dynamic Diagnosis of Second Language Abilities
Marta Antón
21. Dynamic Assessment of Children Learning a Second Language
Elizabeth D. Peña and Kai J. Greene
PART V
Literacy and Content-Based Language Teaching
22. Understanding L2 Writers "At-Risk": A Socio-Cultural Perspective
Robert Kohls
23. English for Specific Purposes: Engineers Learning How to Mean in English
Penny Kinnear
24. A Sociocultural Approach to Second Language Literacy Pedagogy
Kimberly Buescher
PART VI
Sociocultural Theory and Technology
25. Collaborative Activity in the Digital World
Gabriela Adela Ganem-Gutiérrez
26. Exploring the Interdisciplinary Synergy Between Sociocultural Theory and
Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Haiyang Ai and Xiaofei Lu
27. The Integration of ELF and Sociocultural Theory via Network-Based Language
Teaching: Best Practices for the English Classroom
Enrico Grazzi
PART VI
Teacher Education
28. Making L2 Teacher Education Matter Through Vygotskian-Inspired Pedagogy and
Research
Karen E. Johnson and Paula R. Golombek
29. History-in-Person: Ontogenesis and the Professional Formation of Language
Teachers
Richard Donato and Kristin J. Davin
30. Gesture as a Mediational Tool in the L2 classroom
Tetyana Smotrova
31. Concept-Based Instruction in Teacher Education Programs in Spain as
Illustrated by the SCOBA-Mediated Barcelona Formative Model: Helping
Teachers to Become Transformative Practitioners
Olga Esteve Ruesca
32. Applying Sociocultural Theory to Prepare Teachers to Work with Culturally
and Linguistically Diverse Students and Families
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings
PART VII
Sociocultural Theory and Social Change
33. Sociocultural Theory as Everyday Practice: The Challenge of PK-12 Teacher
Preparation for Multilingual and Multicultural Learners
Annela Teemant
34. Inclusion, "Defectology," and Second Language Learners
Peter Smagorinsky
35. Trends Within Sociocultural Theory, and the Utility of "Cultural Capital"
for SCT
Carl Ratner