Document Type : Review Article
Author
Distinguished Professor, Beijing Language & Culture University, Beijing, China Emeritus Professor of Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
I am pleased to have been afforded the opportunity to offer my reflections on the articles included in the special issue of JALDA on what I will call “pre-paradigm” research. I borrow the concept from Kuhn (2012), which I believe appropriately describes the current state of affairs in SLA. Each article compares different aspects of SCT with other frameworks and methodologies in the field. An appealing aspect of the overall project is that contributions have adopted different perspectival lenses. In what follows, I will address each article individually. In some cases, I will expand upon what the authors argue and in others I will critique their arguments to encourage the authors to think more deeply about their proposal(s) and perhaps to bring to bear additional theoretical insights. For convenience, I have organized the seven articles into what I see as a coherent grouping. The criterion used was whether an article reflected more of a theoretical, empirical, or practical orientation.
Keywords
- sociocultural theory
- pre-paradigm thinking
- second language development
- complex dynamic systems theory
- collective pedagogy
- English as a lingua franca
- indigenous language instruction
- language curriculum
- cognitive linguistics
- aspect hypothesis
Main Subjects
Article Title [Persian]
تأملانی بر مقالات ویژهنامه و اهمیت تفکر پیش پارادایم در حوزه فراگیری زبان دوم
Author [Persian]
- پروفسور جیمز پی لنتولف
استاد برجسته دانشگاه زبان و فرهنگ پکن، پکن، چین استاد بازنشسته فراگیری زبان و زبان شناسی کاربردی، دانشگاه ایالتی پنسیلوانیا، ایالات متحده آمریکا
Abstract [Persian]
خرسندم که این فرصت به من داده شد تا نظرات خود را در مورد مقالات ارائه شده در شماره ویژه «مجلۀ زبانشناسی کاربردی و ادبیات کاربردی» با موضوعی که من تحقیق «پیشپارادایم» مینامم، ارائه دهم. این مفهوم را از کوهن (2012) وام گرفتهام، که به اعتقاد من وضعیت فعلی در حوزۀ فراگیری زبان دوم را به درستی توصیف میکند. مقالات ارائه شده در این ویژهنامه به مقایسۀ جنبههای مختلف نظریۀ فرهنگی-اجتماعی با چارچوبها و رویکردهای دیگر فراگیری زبان دوم پرداختهاند. یکی از جنبههای جذاب این شماره این است که هر یک از مقالات ارائه شده از دیدگاه متفاوتی بهره جستهاند. در نوشتۀ حاضر هر یک از مقالات بطور جداگانه مورد نقد و بررسی قرار گرفتهاند. در برخی موارد، استدلال نویسندگان بسط داده شده و در موارد دیگر، استدلالهای آنها مورد نقد قرار گرفتهاند که هدف از آن ترغیب نویسندگان به تفکر عمیقتر پیرامون پیشنهاد(های) خود و احیاناً دستیابی به بینش نظری جدید است. برای سهولت کار، هفت مقاله ارائه شده، در قالب یک دستهبندی منسجم تقسیمبندی شدهاند. معیار مورد استفاده در این دسته بندی رویکرد غالب مقاله در پرداختن به هر یک از جنبههای نظری، تجربی و یا عملی بوده است.
Keywords [Persian]
- نظریه اجتماعی-فرهنگی
- تفکر پیشپارادایم
- توسعه زبان دوم
- نظریه سیستم‌های پیچیدۀ پویا
- آموزش جمعی
- انگلیسی به عنوان زبان مشترک ارتباطی
- آموزش زبان
- برنامۀ آموزش زبان
- زبانشناسی شناختی
- فرضیۀ وجه
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