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 +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 +2 more
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Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education: An Introduction through Narratives, by Merrill Swain, Penny Kinnear & Linda Steinman (2015, 2nd ed.). Multilingual Matters Textbooks, 192 pages, Paperback £19.95, Hardcover £69.95, ISBN: 978-1-78309-317-5 [PDF]
, 2015 Obra ressenyada: Merril SWAIN, Penny KINNEAR and Linda STEINMAN. Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education: An Introduction through Narratives. Multilingual Matters Textbooks, 2015.The article reviews the second edition of Sociocultural Theory in
Mulyono, Herri
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Bringing forth mathematical concepts: signifying sensorimotor enactment in fields of promoted action [PDF]
, 2014 Inspired by Enactivist philosophy yet in dialog with it, we ask what theory of embodied cognition might best serve in articulating implications of Enactivism for mathematics education. We offer a blend of Dynamical Systems Theory and Sociocultural Theory
Abrahamson, D, Trninic, D
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Investigating the learning transfer of genre features and conceptual knowledge from an academic literacy course to business studies: Exploring the potential of dynamic assessment [PDF]
, 2017 Academic literacy courses aim to enable higher education students to participate in their chosen academic fields as fully as possible. However, the extent to which these students transfer the academic skills taught in these courses to their chosen ...
Shrestha, Prithvi N.
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, 2020 Eccles and colleagues’ expectancy-value theory of achievement choice has guided much research over the last 40+ years. In this article, we discuss five “macro” level issues concerning the theory.
J. Eccles, Allan Wigfield
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Measures Matter: Scales for Adaptation, Cultural Distance, and Acculturation Orientation Revisited [PDF]
, 2014 Building upon existing measures, four new brief acculturation scales are presented, measuring sociocultural adaptation, psychological adaptation, perceived cultural distance, and acculturation orientation.
Ajzen I. +18 more
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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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