Dialogue With Bakhtin on Second and Foreign Language Learning: New Perspectives / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805850215 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 10/22/2004 Edition description: New Edition Pages: 256 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Lexile: 1430L (what's this?) This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. Situated within a strong conceptual framework and drawing from a rich empirical base, it reflects recent scholarship in applied linguistics that has begun to move away from formalist views of language as universal, autonomous linguistic systems, and toward an understanding of language as dynamic collections of cultural resources. According to Bakhtin, the study of language is concerned with the dialogue existing between linguistic elements and the uses to which they are put in response to the conditions of the moment. Such a view of language has significant implications for current under