Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical framework: an introduction to Vygotskian perspectives on second language research / James P. Lantolf and Gabriela Appel
  • Collective scaffolding in second language learning / Richard Donato
  • Linguistic accommodation with LEP and LD children / Linda Schinke-Liano
  • Working in the ZPD: fossilized and nonfossilized nonnative speakers / Gay N. Washburn
  • Form and functions of inner speech in adult second language learning / Maria C.M. de Guerrero
  • The use of private speech by adult ESL learners at different levels of proficiency / Steven G. McCafferty
  • Inner speech and second language acquisition: an experimental-theoretical approach / Tatiana N. Ushakova
  • Speaking as cognitive regulation: a Vygotskian perspective on dialogic communication / Mohammed K. Ahmed
  • Same task, different activities: analysis of a SLA task from an activity theory perspective / Peter Coughlan and Patricia A. Duff
  • The role of learner goals in L2 success / Barbara Gillette.