Sociocultural Theory and the Teaching of Second Languages (Hardcover)

L. S. Vygotsky, the renowned Russian psychologist, argued that the true test of any scientific theory is not the contribution it makes to our understanding of the object of study but the extent to which it improves the concrete practical activities of people, including those that take place in educational settings. The fourteen original chapters included in the present volume document innovations in second and foreign language teaching that are rooted in Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development. Researchers and language teaching practitioners will find implementations at the classroom and programmatic levels of Vygotskyan principles and concepts, including cognitive mediation, the zone of proximal development, activity theory, internalization, verbalization, and materialization.

General

Imprint:	Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	June 2008
Editors:	James P. Lantolf • Matthew E. Poehner
Dimensions:	244 x 169 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84553-249-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching theory & methods
LSN:	1-84553-249-X
Barcode:	9781845532499

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