Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor of English Language and Didactics, Faculty of Education and Arts, Levanger Campus, Nord University, Norway
2 Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition and French and Francophone Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Abstract
In this article, we first discuss the rationale behind opening up a dialogic space between sociocultural theory and other compatible theories. In the second section, a brief sketch of sociocultural theory in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) is provided. In the third section, exploring the constitutive relationality that ineluctably holds between a given SLA theory and its putative worldview, we enunciate implications and categorical influence of worldviews on day-to-day research inquiries and scientific practices of the SLA scientific community. Then, we set out to delineate scientific development in SLA invoking a Kuhnian perspective with a honed focus on the theory-laden nature of empirical evidence as well as the key notions of paradigm, disciplinary matrix, and incommensurability of competing theories. In the fourth section, we specifically settle our attention on the issue of incommensurability of, and inter-theory dialogues between, SLA theories with a view to the articles which are included in the special issue and discuss their theoretical and practical implications. We conclude with some remarks on the importance of adopting a weltanschauung-centered perspective about doing research activities, theory choice, and scientific development in SLA for advancing a principally unified and scientifically coherent understanding and explanation of second language developmental processes.
Keywords
- sociocultural theory
- second language acquisition
- intertheory dialogue
- Vygotsky
- Kuhn
- paradigm
- disciplinary matrix
- incommensurability
- scientific change
- worldview
Main Subjects
Article Title [Persian]
نظریه اجتماعی-فرهنگی، گفت و گوی بین نظریه‌ای و قیاس(نا)پذیری‌های حوزۀ فراگیری زبان دوم: دیباچه‌ای بر ویژه‌نامه
Authors [Persian]
- دکتر سعید کریمی اقدم 1
- دکتر ریمی آدام ون کومپرنوله 2
1 دانشیار زبان و آموزش انگلیسی، دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و هنر، پردیس لونگر، دانشگاه نورد، نروژ
2 دانشیار فراگیری زبان دوم و زبانشناسی کاربردی، گروه زبانهای نو، دانشگاه کارنگی ملون، پیتزبورگ، ایالات متحدۀ آمریکا
Keywords [Persian]
- نظریه اجتماعی-فرهنگی
- فراگیری زبان دوم
- گفتگوی بین نظریه ای
- ویگوتسکی
- کوهن
- پارادایم
- ماتریس رشته ای
- قیاس ناپذیری
- تغییر علمی
- جهان بینی
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