Table of Contents

Introduction – Fundamental Concepts and Principles of Sociocultural Theory
James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University, & Matthew E. Poehner, Juniata College
1. Both Sides of the Conversation: The Interplay between Mediation and Learner Reciprocity in Dynamic Assessment, Matthew E. Poehner, Juniata College
2. The Effects of Dynamic Assessment on L2 Listening Comprehension, Rumia Ableeva, Pennsylvania State University
3. Changing Examination Structures within a College of Education: the Application of Dynamic Assessment in a Pre-service ESOL Endorsement Program, Tony Erben, The University of Tampa, Ruth Ban, Berry University, and Robert Summers, State University of New York, Albany
4. Project-based Learning, Autonomy, and Identity, Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute for International Studies
5. Embodied Language Performance: The ZPD and Drama in the Second Language Classroom, Steve McCafferty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and John R. Haught, Wright State University
6. A Dialogic Approach to Teaching L2 Writing, Holbrook Mahn, University of New Mexico
7. Revolutionary Pedagogy: Learning that Leads Development in the L2 Classroom, Eduardo Negueruela, University of Miami
8. Materializing Linguistic Concepts through 3-D Clay Modeling: A Tool-and-Result Approach to Mediating L2 Spanish Development, Maria Serrano-Lopez, The Palm Key Institute and Matthew E. Poehner, Juniata College
9. From the Abstract to the Concrete: Vygotsky meets Halliday in the L2 Writing Class, Marilia Ferreira and James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University
10. Mediation as Objectification in the Development of Professional Discourse: The Case of International Teaching Assistants, Steven L. Thorne, Jonathon Reinhardt, & Paula Golombek, Pennsylvania State University
11. Languaging: An Essential Element of Second Language Learning, Merrill Swain and Sharon Lapkin, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
12. Service-learning and Sociocultural Theory: The Impact of Active Contribution on Learner Development, Howard Grabois, Purdue University
13. The Unfulfilled Promise of Language Teaching for Communicative Competence, Sally Sieloff Magnan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
14. Redesigning a B.Ed. Practicum According to Vygotskian Principles: Pre-service Immersion Student-teachers in Australia, Tony Erben, University of South Florida

About the Author

James P. Lantolf is Greer professor emeritus in applied linguistics at Pennsylvania State University. Matthew E. Poehner is professor of applied linguistics and education at Pennsylvania State University.