Sociocultural Theory

James P. Lantolf is Greer professor emeritus in applied linguistics at Pennsylvania State University.

Introduction: Sociocultural Theory: Creating Conditions for L2 Development
James P. Lantolf and Matthew E. Poehner

Part I: Pedagogy

Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI)

1. Explaining Spanish Verbal Mood as a Matter of Dominion
Elizabeth E. M. Kissling, Loretta Fernández, Kasie Hoagland, James P. Lantolf, Paul Toth, and Katie Schroeder

2. Enhancing Sociopragmatic Understanding in Heritage Language Learners through Concept-Based Language Instruction: A case Study of Thanking in Japanese
Rie Tsujihara

3. Mediated Development: Creating Conceptual Bridges in the Language Curriculum
Paolo Infante and Matthew E. Poehner

4. Engaging with Concepts in Second Language Classrooms: Theoretical, Pedagogical, and Research Frontiers
Eduardo Negueruela-Azarola

Perezhivanie

5. Promoting Learner Emotional Awareness and Emotional Regulation through Drama
Enrico Grazzi

6. Exploring the Influence of Social Situation of Development on L2 Academic Writing: A Case Study of an Undergraduate Student's Developmental Trajectory
Gabriele de Oliveira Neri da Silva and Marilia Ferreira

Part II: ZPD-Focused Activity and Dynamic Assessment

7. Rethinking L2 Oral Proficiency: OPI-DA as a Dynamic Framework for Oral Proficiency Interviewing
Jie Zhang, Tianyu Qin, and Matthew E. Poehner

8. Creating a Positive Learning Cycle through a Tripartite Model of Learner-Centred Designs in L2 Computerized Dynamic Assessment
Can Jin and Yongcan Liu

9. Dynamic Assessment and ZPD-Informed Enrichment for L2 Academic Writing Development
Lu Yu, Matthew E. Poehner, and Zhaoyu Wang

10. Conceptualizing the Potential Role of Translanguaging in Mediated Development: A Case Study of an EFL University Student's Academic English Writing
Yu-Ting Kao

11. Creating Affordances through a Division-of-Labour Pedagogy for Literacy Development
Kimberley Buescher Urbanski

12. The Dialects of Playing-Learning in L2 Development
Rémi A. van Compernolle, Nuria Ballesteros Soria, Michael DeSalvo, and Eric Johnson

Part III: Teacher Education

13. "Something very heavy:" When the Social Situation of Development Becomes Consumed by Affect in Learning-to-Teach
Michael Amory and Karen E. Johnson

14. Mediating Development of STEM Faculty as Student L2 Developers: Redefining Engagement and Learning in English-Medium Instruction through Collaborative Vygotskian Praxis
Jacob Rieker, Meredith Doran, and Yen-Shen "Tony" Chen

15. "It's not just words for me:" Developing Teacher Understanding of the Teaching-Learning Process through Pedagogical and Scientific Concepts and Multimodality
Victoria Kareva and Dmitri Leontjev

16. Promoting Expansive Learning in School Settings: Towards Teacher Collective Self-Mediated Professional Development
Olga Esteve and Francesc Fernández

17. Pedagogical Coaching as a Catalyst for Critical Sociocultural Teacher Transformation
Annela Teemant, Brandon J. Sherman, Cesur Dagli, and Serena Tyra

Index