Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning

TL;DR: In this article, sociocultural contributions to understanding the foreign and second language classroom are discussed, with a focus on how learners position themselves in a psycholinguistic task.

Abstract: Introducing sociocultural theory 1. Sociocultural contributions to understanding the foreign and second language classroom 2. Rethinking interaction in SLA: Developmentally appropriate assistance in the zone of proximal development and the acquisition of L2 grammar 3. Subjects speak out: How learners position themselves in a psycholinguistic task 4. The output hypothesis and beyond: Mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue 5. Playfulness as mediation in communicative language teaching in a Vietnamese classroom 6. Social discursive constructions of self in L2 learning 7. Second language learning as participation and the (re)construction of selves 8. Side affects: The strategic development of professional satisfaction 9. The appropriation of gestures of the abstract by L2 learners 10. Second language acquisition theory and the truth(s) about relativity 11. From input to affordance: Social-interactive learning from an ecological perspective Bibliography Index