Overview

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.

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Author:   James P. Lantolf
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.469kg
ISBN:  

9780194421607

ISBN 10:   0194421600
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 March 2000
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

James P. Lantolf: Introducing sociocultural theory 1: Richard Donato: Sociocultural contributions to understanding the foreign and second language classroom 2: Amy Snyder Ohta: Rethinking interaction in SLA: Developmentally appropriate assistance in the zone of proximal development and the acquisition of L2 grammar 3: Regina Roebuck: Subjects speak out: How learners position themselves in a psycholinguistic task 4: Merrill Swain: The output hypothesis and beyond: Mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue 5: Patricia N. Sullivan: Playfulness as mediation in communicative language teaching in a Vietnamese classroom 6: Claire Kramsch: Social discursive constructions of self in L2 learning 7: Aneta Pavlenko and James P. Lantolf: Second language learning as participation and the (re)construction of selves 8: Deryn P. Verity: Side affects: The strategic development of professional satisfaction 9: Steven G. McCafferty and Mohammed K. Ahmed: The appropriation of gestures of the abstract by L2 learners 10: Steven L. Thorne: Second language acquisition theory and the truth(s) about relativity 11: Leo van Lier: From input to affordance: Social-interactive learning from an ecological perspective Bibliography Index

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James P. Lantolf is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages at Pennsylvania State University.

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