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Sociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative in L2 Education: Vygotskian PRAXIS and the Research/Practice Divide

Sociocultural Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative in L2 Education: Vygotskian PRAXIS and the Research/Practice Divide

Lantolf, James P.
Poehner, Matthew E.

Hardcover

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional

English as a Second LanguageGeneral ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 0415894174
ISBN13: 9780415894173
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 3 2014
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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 scientific theory of human learning--a stance that rejects the consumer approach to theory and the dichotomy between theory and practice that dominates SLA and language teaching. This approach is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, according to which the two activities are inherently connected so that each is necessarily rooted in the other; practice is the research laboratory where the theory is tested. From the perspective of language education, this is what is meant by the 'pedagogical imperative.'

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