Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory: Applications for Second and Foreign Language Teaching

✍ Scribed by Kyoko Masuda (editor); Carlee Arnett (editor); Angela Labarca (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Series: Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]; 8
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

By integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Authors and Affiliations
1 Cognitive linguistics, Sociocultural Theory and language teaching: Introduction
I Acquisition research
2 Discouraging constructional negative transfer: Theoretical aspects and classroom activities for Spanish-speaking students of L2 Italian
3 A cognitive linguistic approach to teaching Chinese spatial particles: From contrastive constructional analyses to material design
4 Motion for the other through motion for the self: The complexities of giving-directions for advanced heritage learners of Spanish
II Classroom research
5 A cognitive linguistic analysis of English conditionals in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction: Implications from Sociocultural Theory
6 Researching and teaching metonymy from a socially-embedded cognitive linguistics perspective to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners
7 A cognitive linguistic analysis of French prepositions à, dans, and en and a sociocultural theoretical approach to teaching them
8 A cognitive linguistic approach to two-way prepositions in L2 German
9 Schematic diagram use and languaging quality in learning Japanese polysemous particles ni and de
10 The case for hidden meaning: An application of cognitive linguistics in the Russian classroom
Index