[Xmca-l] Difference between appropriation and learning transfer

[Kim, Han Gil]

Dear colleagues and seasoned scholars,

I am looking for useful articles/books to better understand two similar concepts (appropriation and transfer of learning).

1. Appropriation, one of the central concepts of activity theory (Grossman, Smagorinsky & Valencia 1991; Leont’ev 1981; Wertsch 1991)

2. transfer of learning, especially in the area of Writing Across Curriculum/discipline and/or L2 writing (contrastive rhetoric and English for academic purposes).

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

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Han Kim

Lecturer in Korean (as a foreign language)
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
College of Arts and Sciences

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