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VIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group
October 15 at 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM2nd Floor University Student Union, Flamingo Ballroom C & D
Modern Languages and Literatures Meeting
We will have 18 presentations connecting Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Teaching and Learning. All the presentations are work in progress. We have a wide variety of topics: Theoretical issues on perception, mediation, language and mind; Teaching ESL, Spanish, French, Italian; Testing through Dynamic Assessment; Gesture and self-regulation; Heritage learners; study abroad; issues of linguistic policy in Rwanda…
Some of THE leading scholars in Applied Linguistics in North America are going to be on campus (Leo van Lier, Merrill Swain, James Lantolf). If you recognize the name Merrill Swain, it is probably because you are familiar with her work on French. She is the scholar that proposed the construct communicative competence in the 1980s (see Canale & Swain, 1980). Leo van Lier is the leading scholar in Semiotics and Second Language Learning. Jim Lantolf is the leading scholar in Sociocultural Psycholy and SLA.
It is truly an international meeting. We have participants coming from Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and all over the United States (California, Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Alabama, NYU… and of course, Florida).
It is also a non-conventional conference. There are no parallel sessions. Scholars present research in progress, and there is ample time for discussion (one hour per session). If you have some time to attend, you will find that there is genuine, unique dialogue and exchange of academic ideas.
We hope you can attend some of the sessions and participate in any way you can. We are convinced you will find the program interesting and relevant to your own research and teaching interests.
Some of THE leading scholars in Applied Linguistics in North America are going to be on campus (Leo van Lier, Merrill Swain, James Lantolf). If you recognize the name Merrill Swain, it is probably because you are familiar with her work on French. She is the scholar that proposed the construct communicative competence in the 1980s (see Canale & Swain, 1980). Leo van Lier is the leading scholar in Semiotics and Second Language Learning. Jim Lantolf is the leading scholar in Sociocultural Psycholy and SLA.
It is truly an international meeting. We have participants coming from Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and all over the United States (California, Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Alabama, NYU… and of course, Florida).
It is also a non-conventional conference. There are no parallel sessions. Scholars present research in progress, and there is ample time for discussion (one hour per session). If you have some time to attend, you will find that there is genuine, unique dialogue and exchange of academic ideas.
We hope you can attend some of the sessions and participate in any way you can. We are convinced you will find the program interesting and relevant to your own research and teaching interests.
For more information contact:
- Michelle Prats
- (305) 284-5585
- m.prats@miami.edu
