Sociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative in L2 Education : Vygotskian Praxis and the Research/Practice Divide


James P. Lantolf
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2014.
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1 online resource (269 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Theory/Research-Practice Gap in Applied Linguistics; What to Do About the Gap?; Reconceptualizing Theory and Practice; The Pedagogical Imperative; Overview of Sociocultural Theory; 2 Sociocultural Theory and the Dialectic of Praxis: An Alternative to the Theory/Research-Practice Gap; Vygotsky's Response to the Crisis: A Unified Psychology; Praxis: The Theory-Practice Dialectic; Macro Cultural Psychology: A Neo-Vygotskian Theory of Higher Mental Processing; Conclusion. - 3 Psychology of the Social EnvironmentEnvironment as a Source of Development; Conclusion; 4 A Theory of Developmental Education; Orders of Mediation; Systemic Theoretical Instruction; Pre-Understanding and Its Negation; Defining Concepts for L2 Developmental Education; STI and the Explicit/Implicit Interface; L2 Neuroscience Research and STI; Conclusion; 5 L2 Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Experimental-Developmental Studies; STI and the Sociopragmatics of L2 French; STI and L2 Sarcasm; Topicalization in Chinese: Testing the Teachability Hypothesis; Conclusion. - 6 L2 Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Intact Classroom StudiesSpanish Verbal Aspect: Connecting Language and Literature; The Chinese Temporal System; English Phrasal Verbs; Conclusion; 7 The Zone of Proximal Development and Dynamic Assessment; Interpreting the ZPD; Feuerstein's Mediated Learning Experience as a Framework for DA; Conclusion; 8 Dynamic Assessment and L2 Development; Quality of Mediation in L2 DA; DA in an Intact Elementary L2 Spanish Classroom; DA and L2 Listening Comprehension: An Experimental-Developmental Study; L2 DA Beyond the Classroom. - Concluding Remarks and Ongoing Challenges9 Conclusion; The Role of Teachers in Developmental Education; L2 Teacher Education; Developing Expertise in Pre-Service L2 Teacher Education; In-Service L2 Teacher Education Through Praxis; References; Index. - Explicating clearly and concisely the full implication of a praxis-oriented language pedagogy, this book argues for an approach to language teaching grounded in a significant scientific theory of human learning-a stance that rejects the consumer approach to theory and the dichotomy between theory and practice that dominates SLA and language teaching. This approach is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, according to which the two activities are inherently connected so that each is necessarily rooted in the other; practice is the research laboratory where the theory is tested. From the
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