On the Implications of Vygotskian Concepts for Second Language Teaching

Autor/in	Azabdaftari, Behrooz
Titel	On the Implications of Vygotskian Concepts for Second Language Teaching
Quelle	In: Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 1 (2013) 2, S.99-114 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2322-1291
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Sociocultural Patterns; Learning Theories; Teaching Methods; Social Systems; Cultural Influences; Classroom Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); Educational History; Educational Change; Whole Language Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Social system; Soziales System; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Klassengespräch; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Integrierter Sprachunterricht
Abstract	This paper represents an attempt to search for the implications of Vygotsky's approach to "the genesis of mind" for second language acquisition (SLA). In so doing, the present author has adopted first a retrospective view--what has already gone in the field of foreign language instruction, and a prospective view--what is contingent on the current speculations on SLA while drawing on Vygostky's sociocultural theory (SCT) bearing on the methodology of L2 instruction. Hence, the paper consists of two major parts: the first part casts a rapid glance at the theories and practices of L2 teaching which were in vogue in the past. The second part focuses on the implications that Vygotsky's SCT holds for SLA and, as a sequel, to the training and education of L2 teachers. Vygotsky's approach to the genesis of mind, indeed, entrusts the educationists with a grave task regarding the amelioration of social systems of the community in general, and improving second language methodology, in particular. After all, the shaping of man's mind is an indication of the ways the society has historically and culturally developed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01