Sociocultural theory and second language pedagogy
Sociocultural theory and second language pedagogy
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社会文化理论和第二语言教育学
DOI:
10.1177/1362168813482933
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Lawrence Williams
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作者:
Rémi A. van Compernolle;Lawrence Williams
Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind (SCT) has attracted the attention of second language (L2) researchers and educators since the publication of the papers of Frawley and Lantolf (Frawley & Lantolf, 1985; Lantolf & Frawley, 1984). Since that time, SCT-informed research has become an established part of the landscape of L2 acquisition (SLA), pedagogy, and assessment (Lantolf & Thorne, 2006), as evidenced by the growing number of journal articles and book chapters, dissertations, edited volumes, and books focused on SCT, as well as the presence of SCT in handbooks and other reference texts centered on theories of SLA (see Center for Language Acquisition, 2012). The majority of this research has, however, used SCT as a theoretical lens through which to interpret questions related to SLA rather than as a theoretical motivation for designing L2 pedagogies. In fact, as pointed out by Lantolf (2008), it was not until Negueruela’s (2003) doctoral research that Vygotsky’s proposals were systematically incorporated into a coherent L2 pedagogical program. Since then, a number of studies (including several doctoral theses) have been conducted to explore the impact of SCT-informed pedagogies on adult SLA (e.g. papers in Lantolf & Poehner, 2008). This research has included, centrally, work on dynamic assessment and concept-based instruction, but also perspectives on other forms of social, or human, mediation intentionally introduced into L2 educational contexts in order to promote development. The importance of pedagogical activity for SCT cannot be understated. Indeed, one has to acknowledge that Vygotsky did not conceive of pedagogies derived from his proposals to be mere applications of the theory; that is, the application of theoretically informed teaching ‘techniques’. Instead, pedagogical intervention was itself part and parcel of further developing the theory and of continuing to understand not only the nature of human cognition but, crucially, the processes by which the mind develops (e.g. Vygotsky, 1997). This is what Vygotsky referred to as ‘praxis’; the unification of theory and practical activity. As Lantolf and Poehner (2011) explain: 482933 LTR17310.1177/1362168813482933Language Teaching ResearchEditorial 2013
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195384253.001.0001
发表时间:
2010-09
期刊:
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影响因子:
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作者:
R. Kaplan
通讯作者:
R. Kaplan