Toward a Unified Theory of Language Development: The Transdisciplinary Nexus of Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives on Social Activity

Hult, Francis M.

doi:10.1111/modl.12527

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“…Palviainen and Boyd 2013;Palviainen and Bergroth 2018;Smith-Christmas, Bergroth, and Bezcioğlu-Göktolga 2019;Soler and Roberts 2019). Hult (2019) emphasizes that nexus analysis makes it possible to map the dynamism of the social action. By employing nexus analysis, I highlight the dynamic nature of family and language practices while mapping the relevant discourses which shape the action.…”

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Families in flux: at the nexus of fluid family configurations and language practices

Vorobeva

2021

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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Research on multilingualism in the home has approached the family as a fixed unit thus neglecting the dynamic view of the family and its intersection with family language practices. The present study aims to address this gap by focusing on Russian-speaking mothers in Finland who have raised their children bilingually in single-parent as well as in dualparent families. Russian speakers are the largest minority language group in Finland, and their number is constantly growing. The current study is a contribution to the research on family language practices in the Finnish context. It examines the nexus of shifts in family configurations and language practices and explores how the dynamic changes in family constellations shape language practices in four families. The study reveals that creating new kinships leads to shifts in the language practices of the peripheral family members and that forming voluntary kin can expand heritage language use and enable an overhearer and bystander role for children. Non-residential family members expand the family's linguistic repertoire and support the legitimacy of already established practices. Being sole caretakers enables mothers to encourage language practices that they consider beneficial for their children without encountering any resistance from other family members.

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Families in flux: at the nexus of fluid family configurations and language practices

Vorobeva

2021

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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“…SLA and language testing are strongly interfaced, that is, synthetically connected by shared goals and methods, even though some researchers suggest that they are two distinct and separate disciplines. The transdisciplinary work done by SLA and language testing researchers can achieve a wider and more holistic understanding than is possible from one vantage point alone (Hult, 2019). True collaboration between language testers or measurement specialists and measurement-informed SLA researchers is a golden ticket to expand the broader fields of SLA and applied linguistics (Norris & Ortega, 2008), because language testing researchers have built skills to accurately and validly measure L2 development and its mediating constructs, while SLA researchers have researched new constructs and contexts, and developed new hypotheses, to probe deeper and further into the mechanisms of SLA (Shohamy, 2000).…”

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CEFR‐informed learning, teaching, and assessment: A practical guide, NorikoNagai, GregoryC. Birch, JackV. Bower, MariaGabriela, Schmidt Singapore: Springer. 2020. xiv+ 270 pp. ISBN 978‐981‐15‐5893‐1

Zhang

2021

Int J App Linguistics

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Following Bowles's (2010) meta-analysis of reactivity research regarding think-alouds, and Jiang's (2012) overview of reaction time methodologies, the book under review is a new addition to the Routledge Series on Second Language Research Methods, devoting to an online data collection method, namely eye-movement registration, commonly referred to as eye tracking.Eye tracking is primarily used to detect and measure an eye's movements (saccades) and stops (fixations), as well as movements back in a text when reading (regressions) (Conklin & Pellicer-Sánchez, 2016). This new technology is becoming increasingly popular in applied linguistics, second language acquisition (SLA) and bilingualism, to investigate questions of language processing and representation using on-line measures, in that the data obtained in this way offer a more fine-grained representation of the learning process than any off-line measurements could (Godfroid & Schmidtke, 2013). The turn toward eye-tracking methodology is a part of a larger movement in SLA research that emphasizes the use of concurrent data collection methods. The growing interest in eye tracking is evidenced by an increasing number of studies making use of this methodology in recent years. Since the first special issue on eyemovement recordings in 2013 in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, researchers in more and more subdisciplines in second language (L2) research have taken up eye tracking, and it has become a popular tool within SLA and bilingualism. The latest special issue on eye tracking in 2020 in Second Language Research is a reflection of these developments, as it shows the breadth and wealth of contemporary eye-tracking research in L2 processing in dialogue with its neighboring disciplines.However, before we get too far down the road with eye tracking, it is important for the field to come to understand such questions as what eye tracking is, and how and why to best collect and analyze eye movement recordings for welldesigned and informative language research. Luckily, answers to these questions can be found in the present book, Eye tracking in second language acquisition and bilingualism: A research synthesis and methodological guide, which aims at providing foundational knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analyzing eye-tracking research in applied linguistics.Over the course of nine chapters, the author presents theories, methodology and practice principles that will inform the use of eye tracking. The opening chapter introduces eye-tracking methodology in relation to three other concurrent methodologies-think-aloud protocols, self-paced reading (SPR) and event-related potentials (ERPs)-which present themselves as complements and sometimes competitors to the eye-tracking method. Such contrasts aid the understanding of what eye tracking is and is not, and how it can enrich one's research program. By summarizing the cognitive psychology literature, Chapter 2 provides the reader with a set of fundamental facts about eye movements that proba...

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“…More naturalistic (lexicographic) research integrated with CALL may further bridge the gap between more cognitive and more sociocultural approaches to language learning and pedagogy (cf. Hult, 2019). Supplementary material.…”

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“…The multimodal content and participatory opportunities of online dictionaries might go a long way towards bridging the longstanding gap between the cognitive and sociocultural approaches to language learning (cf. Hult, 2019). Meaning-making and language learning have become multimodal, interactive, dialogic, participatory, and collaborative (Tour, 2015).…”

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The usefulness of graphic illustrations in online dictionaries

Dziemianko¹

2021

ReCALL

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The aim of the paper is to investigate the usefulness of different illustration formats in online English learners’ dictionaries for the accuracy and speed of meaning comprehension as well as immediate and delayed retention. In a controlled online experiment, the meaning of selected English words and phrases had to be explained with the help of purpose-built monolingual dictionary entries. Four experimental conditions were created, which reflected the presence and format of illustrations in the entries: color pictures, greyscale pictures, line drawings, no illustrations. Meaning retention was checked immediately after exposure and two weeks later. The results show that it is worthwhile to include illustrations in online learners’ dictionaries and suggest the most beneficial illustration formats. Line drawings prove the most recommendable; they considerably improve meaning comprehension, reduce reception time, and stimulate the best immediate and delayed retention. Color pictures emerge as the second best. They produce results comparable with those for line drawings, except they do not help so much to remember meaning in the long run. Entries with greyscale pictures are the least recommendable. They do not contribute more to meaning comprehension and delayed retention. Yet, they even shorten reception time and help users to remember more words immediately after exposure.

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Toward a Unified Theory of Language Development: The Transdisciplinary Nexus of Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives on Social Activity

Cited by 22 publications

References 27 publications

Families in flux: at the nexus of fluid family configurations and language practices

Families in flux: at the nexus of fluid family configurations and language practices

CEFR‐informed learning, teaching, and assessment: A practical guide, NorikoNagai, GregoryC. Birch, JackV. Bower, MariaGabriela, Schmidt Singapore: Springer. 2020. xiv+ 270 pp. ISBN 978‐981‐15‐5893‐1

The usefulness of graphic illustrations in online dictionaries

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