Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning

• Other Authors: Lantolf, James P. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2000
• Series: Oxford applied linguistics
• Subjects: Vygotskii > 1896-1934 > L. S. > Lev Semenovich; Second language acquisition
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• Physical Description: 296 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-285) and index
• ISBN: 0194421600; 9780194421607

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.