Oct
LAMiNATE Talks: Dwight Atkinson — Multimodal Interaction Analysis from a Sociocognitive Perspective on Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
Dwight Atkinson (University of Arizona)
A sociocognitive perspective on second language acquisition and teaching (SLA/T) is based on seven principles:
1) Mindbodyworld Principle: Mind is a part of not apart from body and world;
2) Alignment Principle: We learn by adapting to our ecosocial environment, i.e., by mutually aligning our behaviors with others';
3) Affective Learning Principle: Shared affect undergirds learning-through-interaction;
4) Multimodal/Sociomaterial Principle: Learning is afforded by multiple expressive modes and material objects/settings working in tandem;
5) Learning-teaching principle: Both teaching and learning from teachers are co-evolved innate human dispositions;
6) We-principle: SLA/T research highlights learning by individuals, yet learners learn together in groups, with groups, and for groups;
7) Learning Action Principle: Studying learning as a process rather than product entails studying learning-in-the-making rather than learning-already-made. We will apply these principles to an approximately 1-minute videotaped episode of classroom SLA/T to help us understand dimensions of learning not highlighted by other SLA/T approaches.
Part 2 of 2 in a seminar series organised by the research program Transdisciplinary Approaches to Learning, Acquisition, Multilingualism (TEAM).
About the event:
Location: https://lu-se.zoom.us/i/64490163200
Contact: henriette.arndtling.luse