This article reviews studies that have investigated discourse in foreign language (FL)
classroom contexts from the perspective of sociocultural theory. Sociocultural theory …

This article analyzes whole‐class discussions between a teacher and her students in a Latin
American Colonial literature course at the college level. The study is theoretical–exploratory …

This dissertation is a qualitative case study exploring the process of culture learning in a
Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) classroom. Guided by a socioculturally based …

At the beginning of academic instruction in Spanish, literature was the curriculum: the
objective was to equip students to read Spanish masterpieces in the original. As the …

ABSTRACT Several researchers (eg, Allen & Paesani, 2010; Maxim, 2009; MLA Report,
2007) argue that the language-literature divide limits language development in many foreign …

Актуальность темы исследования. Реформирование политико-правовой системы
Российской Федерации в значительной степени коснулось и уголовно-процессуального …

This article aims to analyze the sociocultural theory (SCT) and to criticize the theory widely-
cited in language learning and teaching in comparison with cognitive theories. SCT …

An important goal of language learning is to have students' language production. In that
case, teacher initiation can be significant in stimulating such interaction. The study explored …