Constructive and Constructivist Challenges for Applied Linguistics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4914437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Mcgroarty (Northern Arizona University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 591-622 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0023-8333.00061 |
| OpenAlex | W1986477492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
I argue here that the most productive future directions for theory building and research in applied linguistics derive from the extent to which the field's investigators can enrich their conceptual frameworks and methods with insights from "constructivist" scholarly approaches. Such approaches are marked by heightened attention to agency and subjectivity, to the generation and interpretation of meaning, and to the constant interplay between individual and group activity. In addition, I discuss scholarship from other social sciences that further illuminates conditions affecting language learning. The presentation focuses on 3 arenas in which such approaches and additional scholarship have generated important new questions for applied linguistics: (a) the multiple identities of language users, (b) the identification of optimal environments for language acquisition, and (c) the institutional constraints affecting language acquisition and instruction. In each area, constructivist approaches challenge applied linguists to rethink the bounds of the theories andmethods that guide their work
Agency (philosophy) · Applied linguistics · Constructive · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Scholarship · Second-language acquisition · Social constructivism · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theoretical linguistics · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives
The Language of Global Management
Social Structure and Individual Agency in Second Language Learning
Critical reflection in the second language classroom through audiotaped journals
Changing Perspectives on Good Language Learners
Speaking Personalities in Primary School Children's L2 Writing
Mind, Language, and Epistemology
Second Language Play as a Representation of the Multicompetent Self in Foreign Language Study
Home language
Data-driven learning – a call for a broader research gaze
Language Motivation in a Reconfigured Europe
The complex nature of autonomy
Ontologies of language, Second Language Acquisition, and world Englishes
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |