If you have read and liked the Wegner and Firth vs. Gass "academic back and forth" on the issue of cognitivist and sociocultural views of SLA (Second Langauge Acquisition) from the mid 1990s, here is something intresting for you.
Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives: Two Parallel SLA Worlds? by Jane Zuengler and Elizabeth R. Miller, TESOL Quarterly Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2006.
It's a great summery on the cognitive-socio divide that has been influencing the SLA research in the past 15 years or so.
The authors identify two major breaking points in what the cognitive and sociocultural perspectives differ.
1. The understanding of learning in SLA (langauge learning vs. langauge acquisition)
2. The tension between Positivism and Relativism.
What is fascinating about this article is that it gives you the big picture on the issue + all the big names in SLA research that you have come across in your ESL research readings.
I really enjoyed this article. It's a must have for comps!!!
Don't miss Kent Hill's response: Comments on J. Zuengler and E.R. Miller's "Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives: Two Parallel SLA World?" TESOL Quarterly Vol 40 No. 4, December 2006.
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