[xmca] Kindergarten as a Semiotic System

Dear Anton:
   
  There's an interesting article in the Spring issue of the Modern Language Journal by A.C. DaSilva Iddings and S.G. McCafferty on "Carnival in a Mainstream Kindergarten Classroom: A Bakhtinian Analysis of Second Language Learners' Off-Task Behavior".
   
  I'm a little ambivalent about it; I like the integration of (physical) "action" and (semiotic) "meaning". But I think the "off task" business is a bit adultomorphic and the "carnival" idea is overextended. (Can we really talk about parody BEFORE the thing which is being parodied has developed? What does it mean for kindergarteners to "reverse high and low"?)
   
  I'm writing about B.V. Belyayev and A.A. Leontiev (they had an argument about whether you could "think" in a foreign language) and I want to use your information about Belyayev's early history in a footnote. OK?
   
  David Kellogg
  Seoul National University of Education

       
---------------------------------
Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.
Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.
_______________________________________________
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
Received on Thu May 31 19:03 PDT 2007