Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language - Developmen

This handbook covers a broad range of topics in the field of Sociocultural SLA including:

• concepts and principles as related to L2 development
• concept-based instruction
• dynamic assessment and other SCT-based assessment
• literacy and content-based language teaching
• bilingual/multilingual education

List of contents

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




About the author










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.




Summary

This handbook covers a broad range of topics in the field of Sociocultural SLA including:concepts and principles as related to L2 developmentconcept-based instructiondynamic assessment and other SCT-based assessmentliteracy and content-based language teachingbilingual/multilingual education

Product details

• Authors: James P. Poehner Lantolf
• Assisted by: James P. Lantolf (Editor), Lantolf James P. (Editor), Matthew E. Poehner (Editor), Poehner Matthew E. (Editor), Merrill Swain (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032401850
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240185-0
• No. of pages: 614
• Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism