James P. Lantolf is the George and Jane Greer Professor in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Penn State University, USA.

Matthew E. Poehner is Associate Professor and Program Director of the K-12 teacher certification program in World Languages Education and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Penn State University, USA.

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Theory/Practice Gap in Applied Linguistics

Chapter 2 Sociocultural Theory and the Dialectic of Praxis: An Alternative to the Theory/Research-Practice Gap

Chapter 3 Psychology of the Social Environment

Chapter 4 A Theory of Developmental Education

Chapter 5 L2 Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Experimental-Developmental Studies

Chapter 6 L2 Systemic Theoretical Instruction: Intact Classroom Studies

Chapter 7 The Zone of Proximal Development and Dynamic Assessment

Chapter 8 Dynamic Assessment and L2 Development

Chapter 9 Conclusion

References

Rejecting the dichotomy between theory and practice that dominates SLA and language teaching, this book proposes an approach based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, according to which the two activities are inherently connected.