Exploring the Role of Linguistic Mediation for Advanced L2 Learners in a Post-Graduate Group Study Session
I. Introduction It was not until the 1980s that Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (SCT) became widely known to the Western world. Among the crucial concepts of SCT, Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) attracts the most attention from general educators. As an approach to SLA, however, SCT’s concept of mediation is of greater significance. In fact, … Read more