Oxford Applied Linguistics Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning (2nd)

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development, L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar, sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning, gestural mediation in a second language, and constructing a self through a second language.