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Private Speech as Social Action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
An important theoretical construct within the Vygotskian sociocultural approach to second language learning is private speech. Within a conversation-analytic framework, an agnostic stance is taken in this paper toward the possible intrapsychological ...
Eric Hauser
core   +2 more sources

Functional Impact of Structural Damage in Psoriatic Arthritis: Insights from a Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective To examine the association between radiographic structural damage and physical function (PF) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods Data were analyzed from a large longitudinal PsA cohort. PF was measured using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ, 0‐3) and Short Form‐36 PF subscale (SF‐36, 0‐100); radiographic joint damage using modified ...
Pankti Mehta   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Assessment of Higher-order Thinking Skills in Online EFL Courses

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2020
Studies within second language learning indicate that higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) are important for the process of learning a new language. At the same time, previous literature indicates that assessment tasks in online courses often focus on ...
Evelina Johansson
doaj   +1 more source

A semiotic-dialogical and sociocultural account on suicide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research in suicidology has focused on the analysis of interindividual differences and has neglected the subjective and intersubjective dimensions of human experience.
Rosa, Catarina, Tavares, Sofia
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Dynamic Assessment in Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory: Origins and Main Concepts

open access: yes, 2018
Language assessment is the significant component of foreign language learning/ teaching. An aim of language assessment is to find about how much the process of education improves learners’ knowledge of the target language. One alternative to standardized
Samran Daneshfar, Mehdi Moharami
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adverse Childhood Experiences in Autistic and Neurotypical Girls

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic, life‐altering events that occur in childhood with long‐term negative physical and/or mental health outcomes. Previous research, while limited and largely focused on males, suggests children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at higher risk of experiencing ACEs than typically ...
Jon Ebert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociocultural Theory and a Pragma-linguistic Pedagogical Intervention

open access: yesL2 Journal, 2015
L2 pragmatic instruction in grammar and writing is an area of second language acquisition that is underutilized by many teachers. This paper follows the process of one teacher as the instruction of the pragmatic speech act of requesting is integrated ...
Eric Scott
doaj  

Activity theory: A framework for analysing intercultural academic activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article suggests that Activity Theory (AT) can be applied as a holistic framework to analyse the complex sociocultural issues that arise when academics wish to engage in collaborative activity across institutional and cultural boundaries.
Barnard, Roger
core   +2 more sources

Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Gender‐Diverse Children and Adolescents: A National Cohort Study

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more prevalent in transgender and gender‐diverse (TGD) individuals than in the general population, yet the specific developmental pathways within and clinical outcomes of this intersection are insufficiently understood.
Erez Topaz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Sociocultural Theory to Examine the Context(s) of Language Learning and Teaching

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2008
When introducing a sociocultural approach to research on second language learning and teaching, it helps to make theoretical and methodological positions clear.
Barbara Hawkins
doaj   +1 more source

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