Since Firth and Wagner's (1997) seminal article which called for a social turn in SLA, there
has been a proliferation of SLA research that has embraced sociocultural perspectives …

This article considers the implications of two central constructs of sociocultural theory (SCT)
for second language (L2) development: mediation and internalization. It first discusses …

The intellectual roots of sociocultural theories of human development extend back to 18th
and 19th century German philosophy (particularly Hegel andSpinoza), the sociological and …

Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that
L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of L2 …

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 …

This study investigated the effect of Chatbot-Assisted Dynamic Assessment (CA-DA) on
vocabulary learning and provided insights into learner abilities drawn from its …

This textbook introduces the reader to concepts of sociocultural theory, through a series of
narratives illuminating key concepts of the theory. This 2nd edition references recent studies …

Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume
for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated …

This article summarizes some of the main issues, concerns, and debates that have ensued
over the years in the field of L2 assessment and shows how past concerns have shaped …

In this book, the authors foreground an aspect of language testing that is usually not much
discussed and is frequently considered an “advanced” topic: the social dimension of …