Language, Culture and Activity
XMCA Mini-course/Discussion
June/July 2005
June 13 - 19: facilitated by Steven Thorne
and Phil Chappell A Preliminary Reading on
Tools and Signs
Vygotsky,
L. S. (1997). The Collected works of L.S. Vygotsky Volume 4: The History of the
Development of Higher Mental Functions. New York ; London: Plenum Press, pp 54;
59-63
Activity
and Additional Language Learning: the Russian Perspective and a "Linguistics of Communicative Activity"
Leontiev,
A.A. (1981). Speech and Communication, in
Psychology and the Language Learning Process. Oxford: Pergamon, pp 21-28
Lantolf,
J., & Thorne, S.L. (in press) Introduction,
in Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development. New
York, NY: Oxford University Press.
June
20 - July 26: facilitated by Gordon Wells Meaning Making in Educational
Activity: Vygotsky and Halliday
Halliday, M. A. K. (1993). Towards a language-based theory of
learning. Linguistics and Education, 5(2), 93-116.
Wells
(1999). The complementary contributions of
Halliday and Vygotsky to a 'language-based theory of learning'. In Dialogic
Inquiry: Toward a Sociocultural Practice and Theory of Education (pp. 3-50). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
June
27 - July 3: facilitated by Harry Daniels with Ruqaiya Hasan
Mediating,
Mediator, Mediatee and the Mediated: Unpacking Semiotic Mediation
Hasan, R. (2002). Semiotic Mediation and Mental
Development in Pluralistic Societies: Some Implications for Tomorrow's
Schooling. In Learning for life in the 21st century: sociocultural perspectives
on the future of education (pp. 112-26). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
July 3 ->Further
Reading
Bernstein, B.
(1999). Vertical and Horizontal Discourse: an
essay. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20(2), 157-74.
Marjanovic-Shane, A. Components
of Metaphoric Proposition, Chapter 4.
Other suggested readings and discussions
Papers
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