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Sociocultural SLA

Second language acquisition

(SLA)

Perspectives

The authors investigating how second language

Arises from the process of meaning-making

collaborative activity with other members

In the 1920s and 1930s

Sociocultural theories (SCT)

Developed

by Lev Vygotsky

Language learning occurs through a series of stimuli and responses

Language learners can be made to produce and comprehend language if they are being reinforced to do so

Speakers used their new language as a mediation while doing difficult tasks

How second language learners developed the ability to use their new language

Describe human cognition as developed by

an individual

Through engagement in social

and cultural activities

Saville-Troike (2012)

The study of

individuals or groups

(Aimin, 2013; Skinner, 1948)

(Saville-Troike, 2012)

There has been a critic that imitation does not help the learner in real-life situations

(Chomsky, 1959; Saville-Troike, 2012).

As a mediation their mental and communicative ability

Sociocultural theories differ fundamentally

from other perspectives in second language acquisition

understanding that social environment

mental development

In other words

emphasise what tools the person

Is acting with, where the action takes place, and why the person is acting