James P. Lantolf is the Greer Professor in Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is Director of the Center for Language Acquisition and was co-editor of Applied Linguistics and founding editor of the journal Language and Sociocultural Theory. He is Changjiang Scholar in Applied Linguistics in the School of Foreign Studies at Xi'an JiaoTong University, China.
Matthew E. Poehner is Associate Professor of World Languages Education and Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is currently Associate Editor of Language and Sociocultural Theory.
Merrill Swain is Professor Emerita at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. She was President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and Vice President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Vaasa in Finland.
This handbook covers a broad range of topics in the field of Sociocultural SLA including:
PART I
Sociocultural Theory Concepts and Principles
Alex Kozulin
Lois Holzman
Holbrook Mahn
Steven G. McCafferty
Nikolai Veresov and Nelson Mok
Yuriy Karpov
PART II
Second Languages, the Brain, and Thinking
Mónica Rosselli and Alfredo Ardila
Anke Werani
María C. M. de Guerrero
A Vygotskian Perspective
Gale Stam
PART III
Concept-Based Instruction
Próspero García
Jie Zhang and Xian Zhang
Rémi A. van Compernolle
Paolo Infante
PART IV
Dynamic Assessment
Assessment and Mediated Development
Matthew E. Poehner
Rumia Ableeva
Kristin J. Davin
Tziona Levi and Matthew E. Poehner
Marta Antón
Elizabeth D. Peña and Kai J. Greene
PART V
Literacy and Content-Based Language Teaching
Robert Kohls
Penny Kinnear
Kimberly Buescher
PART VI
Sociocultural Theory and Technology
Gabriela Adela Ganem-Gutiérrez
Haiyang Ai and Xiaofei Lu
Enrico Grazzi
PART VI
Teacher Education
Karen E. Johnson and Paula R. Golombek
Richard Donato and Kristin J. Davin
Tetyana Smotrova
Olga Esteve Ruesca
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings
PART VII
Sociocultural Theory and Social Change
Annela Teemant
Peter Smagorinsky
Carl Ratner