Cross-theoretical Explorations of Interlocutors and their Individual Differences
Collectively, the chapters in the current volume initiate a cohesive discussion of the theoretical roles of the interlocutor within these four popular approaches to SLA; illustrate how interlocutor IDs influence L2 opportunities and/or development; present innovative, original empirical research on interlocutors and their IDs within each approach; and provide theoretical, empirical, and methodological guidance for future research on interlocutors and their IDs. A powerful contribution of this volume, highlighted in the concluding chapter’s synthesis, is the common call across all four approaches for the irrefutable role and need for research on interlocutors and their IDs. The volume also demonstrates how, despite theoretical and methodological differences, the four approaches are advancing congruently toward a more robust understanding of the multifaceted and dynamic nature of all interlocutors and their IDs, and thus toward a more complete and accurate picture of their influence on L2 development.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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ix–x
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List of contributors
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xii
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Section I. Introductory material
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4–16
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Section II. Cognitive-interactionist approach
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20–50
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52–75
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Section III. Sociocultural theory
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80–97
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100–123
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Section IV. Variationist perspective
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128–157
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160–185
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Section V. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
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190–208
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210–243
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Section VI. Concluding material
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248–266
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Index
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267–270
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