Holbrook Mahn

Biographic Data

ID109732
NAMEHolbrook Mahn
GIVEN NAMESHolbrook
FAMILY NAMEMahn
SIGNATUREMAHN H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of New Mexico
ORCID0000-0002-4871-8826
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Methodological Foundations of Sociocultural Theory

    Open AccessHolbrook MahnCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2026

    Over the last three and a half decades sociocultural approaches have broadened the scope of and made significant contributions to second language acquisition (SLA) research.

  • Research Methods and Sociocultural Approaches in Second Language Acquisition

    Open AccessHafiz Muhammad Fazalehaq, Holbrook Mahn et al.CHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2020

    This entry analyzes and synthesizes various studies in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) that appeared after the publication of Frawley and Lantolf's 1985 study and expanded on sociocultural approaches based on Vygotsky's theoretical framework and methodological approach. Researchers interested in diverse facets of SLA both in and out of educational contexts have utilized sociocultural theory in a variety of ways. Some have focused m…

  • Vygotsky and Second Language Acquisition

    Open AccessHolbrook Mahn, Hafiz Muhammad FazalehaqCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2020

    The work of Lev S. Vygotsky (1896–1934) on the development of language in young children provides a foundation for studying second language development. His main focus was on meaning as the core of the system that children develop in acquiring language, what is referred to in this entry as a thinking/languaging system. This important aspect of his work remains underappreciated because of political ideology and translation issues, but this entry d…

  • Vygotsky and Sociocultural Approaches to Teaching and Learning

    Open AccessHolbrook Mahn, Vera John‐steinerOTHERHandbook of Psychology, Second…2012

    Even though he was writing more than 80 years ago, the work of the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky is still relevant to educational psychology today, especially his theories on the interrelationship of individual and social processes in learning and development. In this chapter, we look at Vygotsky's historical background and describe the development of his theoretical framework and methodological approach, focusing on his reliance on the diale…

  • Research Methods and Sociocultural Approaches in Second Language Acquisition

    Open AccessHolbrook Mahn, Shannon ReiersonCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2012

    Since the publication of Frawley and Lantolf's 1985 study, there has been a significant increase in second language acquisition (SLA) research using sociocultural approaches that draw from Vygotsky's theoretical framework and methodological approach.

  • Vygotsky and Second Language Acquisition

    Open AccessHolbrook MahnCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2012

    The far‐reaching influence that the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) has had on second language acquisition (SLA) research is reflected in studies which emphasize the important role played by semiotic mediation in social interaction within social, cultural, physical, and historical contexts.

  • A Functional Systems Approach to Concept Development

    Vera John‐steiner, Vera John-Steiner et al.ARTICLEMind Culture and Activity1998Cited by: 4References: 5

    In Vygotsky's description and analysis of everyday and scientific concepts, he uses as an example the differing processes for acquiring a first and second language. In this article, we also draw an analogy between the processes of acquiring a first and second language and acquiring everyday and scientific concepts. Our analysis, however, is grounded in a functional systems approach that allows us to conceptualize everyday and scientific concepts …

  • Sociocultural approaches to learning and development: A Vygotskian framework

    Vera John‐steiner, Vera John-Steiner et al.ARTICLEEducational Psychologist1996

    Sociocultural approaches emphasize the interdependence of social and individual processes in the coconstruction of knowledge. This article uses three central tenets of a Vygotskian framework to examine the relation between learning and development: (a) social sources of individual development, (b) semiotic (signs and symbols, including language) mediation in human development, and (c) genetic (developmental) analysis. The role played by culture a…