A PHILOSOPHY OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

A PHILOSOPHY OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

A PHILOSOPHY OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Marysia Johnson. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 207. $40.00 paper. Johnson states “the purpose of this book is twofold…to introduce the reader to Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT) and Mikhail Bakhtin's literary theo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in Second Language Acquisition 2005, Vol.27 (4), p.629-630
1. Verfasser: Jourdenais, Renée
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cognitive Development
Language Acquisition
Language proficiency
Literary theory
Nonfiction
Philosophy of language
Research methodology
REVIEWS
Second language learning
Social interaction
Sociocultural theory
Theory
Vygotsky, Lev
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Zusammenfassung:A PHILOSOPHY OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Marysia Johnson. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 207. $40.00 paper. Johnson states “the purpose of this book is twofold…to introduce the reader to Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT) and Mikhail Bakhtin's literary theory…. Second, … to discuss the existing cognitive bias in SLA theory and research” (p. 1). To this end, the book is divided into two parts: Part 1, which focuses on a review of traditional cognitive approaches to SLA research, and Part 2, which focuses on a more sociocultural perspective, reviewing the theories of Vygotsky and Bakhtin and culminating in Johnson's proposal for a dialogic approach to SLA research.
ISSN:0272-2631
1470-1545
DOI:10.1017/S0272263105280282