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Shadow-Reading: Affordances for Imitation in the Language Classroom
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de Guerrero, María C. M.; Commander, Millie – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Imitation has a fundamental role in learning and development within Vygotskyan sociocultural theory. In this study, we adopt a sociocultural theory view of imitation as an intentional, meaningful, and transformative process leading learners to higher developmental levels. The study centers on instances of imitation that occurred as adult learners…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis