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 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 …

The sociocultural theory (SCT) approach to SLA (henceforth, SCT-L2) is grounded in the
psychological theory of human consciousness proposed by LS Vygotsky. Although not …

Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting
a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online …

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been progressively utilized in educational
environments in recent years, due to the advances in computing and information processing …

In this introduction to the special issue, we first present a brief historical overview of
sociocultural theory (SCT) as it has been extended to the process of second language (L2) …

Supporting undergraduate students with their academic literacies has recently been a major
focus in higher education in the UK. This paper explores the value of tutor mediation in the …

Dynamic assessment (DA) research, still in its infancy, takes its roots from Vygotsky's
concept of zone of proximal development (ZPD) to account for learner's developmental …

ABSTRACT This dissertation concentrates on theoretical and methodological issues at the
intersection of second language acquisition, language pedagogy and sociocultural theory …

Learning a second or foreign language is commonplace in today's world. In fact, recent
estimates (Grosjean, 2010) suggest that more than half of the world's population knows …