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Intersectionality Theory in Sociocultural Anthropology

Humans
Accepting the premise that sociocultural anthropology is colonialist and Audre Lorde’s maxim that the master’s tools cannot remake the master’s house, I consider the value of a tool from outside the master’s house to reconstruct sociocultural ...
Barbara Miller
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Sociocultural Theory and Computer-Mediated Communication-based Language Learning

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2008
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) refers to “communication that takes place between human beings via [networked] computers” (Herring, 1996), which includes both synchronous modes (e.g., real-time chat and video-conferencing) and asynchronous modes (e.
Heesook Cheon
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Sociocultural theory and blind taste-tests

Reading & Writing, 2010
In his entertaining 1986 book, The Real Coke, the Real Story, Thomas Oliver tells the story of the now infamous “New Coke”, a story retold in Malcolm Gladwell’s (2005) best-seller Blink. In the early 1980s, Pepsi began running commercials in which people
James Paul Gee
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Mediation and EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate: A Micro Sociocultural Study [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2020
Exploring various dimensions associated with classroom Willingness to Communicate (WTC) appears to have become a focal issue among researchers. Despite previous studies on WTC, there still exists the paucity of research reflecting actual learners’ WTC ...
Behrouz Jamalvandi, Manoochehr Jafarigohar, Alireza Jalilifar, Hassan Soleimani   +3 more
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Using Situated Learning to Examine the Language of Teaching and Learning

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2008
Since Firth and Wagner’s (1997) call for a reconceptualization of the field of second language acquisition (SLA), much discussion has centered on the pairing of discourse analysis and sociocultural theory as an approach to SLA research.
Christine M. Jacknick
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Measurement and incorporation of ZPD scenarios in developing writing accuracy in EFL classes

Cogent Education, 2021
Despite growing interest in the studies on Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), its operation in the forms of individualized and group-wide has been controversial.
Samaneh Nazerian, Gholam-Reza Abbasian, Ahmad Mohseni   +2 more
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Criticism of the Sociocultural Theory [PDF]

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020
Sociocultural theory is an emerging theory in psychology that looks at the important contributions that society makes to individual development. This theory stresses the interaction between developing people and the culture in which they live. Sociocultural theory also suggests that human learning is largely a social process.
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Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) [PDF]

, 2015
The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) and its earlier versions are measures designed to assess societal and interpersonal aspects of appearance ideals.
Allison C Vercellone (16221866), Susan J Paxton (9624692), Vercellone, Allison, Klump, Kelly, Lauren M Shaefer (16221824), Dittmar, Helga, Dedrick R, F., Klump, Kelly L., Schaefer, Lauren M., Vercellone A, C., Calogero, Rachel, Elizabeth Clark (6967604), Katherine Schaumberg (16221857), Macwana, Susan, Paxton, Susan, Clark, L., Frederick, David, Burke, Natasha L., Thompson, J. Kevin, Dedrick, Robert F., Clark, Elizabeth, David A Frederick (16221848), Swami, V., Susan Macwana (12750803), Viren Swami (299006), Robert F Dedrick (16221833), Schaefer L, M., Kelly, M., Heinberg, Leslie, Rachel M Calogero (16221839), Mary K Higgins (16221845), Natasha L Burke (16221827), Leslie J Heinberg (16221836), Burke, Natasha, Heinberg, Leslie J., Anderson D, A., Higgins, Mary, Schaefer, Lauren, Higgins M, K., Macwana, S., Amanda Nerini (16221860), Vercellone, Allison C., Dedrick, Robert, Mackenzie Kelly (16221851), Drew A Anderson (16221854), Paxton, Susan J., Swami, Viren, Nerini, Amanda, Bardone-Cone A, M., Burke N, L., Frederick, David A., Klump K, L., J Kevin Thompson (16221830), Adams, Z., Bardone-Cone, Anna, Schaumberg, K., Paxton S, J., Dittmar, H., Higgins, Mary K., Helga Dittmar (4460374), Kelly L Klump (13593205), Stefanile, Cristina, Frederick D, A., Heinberg L, J., Anderson, Drew A., Zoe Adams (16221863), Adams, Zoe, Thompson J, K., Bardone-Cone, Anna M., Cristina Stefanile (16055348), Anderson, Drew, Schaumberg, Katherine, Anna M Bardone-Cone (16221842), Kelly, Mackenzie, Calogero, Rachel M.   +74 more
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Chinese students' psychological and sociocultural adjustments to Britain: an empirical study [PDF]

, 2006
This paper reports an empirical study of the psychological and sociocultural adjustments of two cohorts of Chinese students taking a foundation course in English language at a British university.
Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Xiong, Zhaoning
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Sociocultural Identity in TEFL Textbooks: A Systemic Functional ‎Analysis [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2018
This study aimed at investigating shades of identity in TEFL textbooks. Most identity studies have focused on authors as knowledge producers. They have neglected authors' roles in constructing identity.
Nasser Rashidi, fatemeh zolfaghari
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