Second language acquisition in Brazil since the social turn
The present study is an appraisal of the literature that has been published in second language acquisition (SLA) in Brazil since what is widely known as the social turn in the field (BLOCK, 2003). The objective of such examination is to assess the impact that the social turn has had upon SLA researc...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.letras.ufmg.br:article/12420 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/12420 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | second language acquisition; social turn; Brazil |
| Sumario: | The present study is an appraisal of the literature that has been published in second language acquisition (SLA) in Brazil since what is widely known as the social turn in the field (BLOCK, 2003). The objective of such examination is to assess the impact that the social turn has had upon SLA research in the country. One hundred forty-one texts (amongst articles from top-ranked journals, theses, dissertations, and books) were systematically reviewed and categorized based on three main criteria: a) main topics; b) SLA frameworks/approaches; and c) methods used. The results show that socially-guided research seems to have gained space in SLA in Brazil since the social turn; yet, cognitivist work in the country is still very strong, and little dialogue seems to occur between these different perspectives on SLA. |
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