APLNG 597f: Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning

Spring 2004

Resources on theorists and perspectives, including both primary and secondary scholarship

• Lev Vygotsky Archive, 1896-1934
• Vygotsky Centennial Project
• A.N. Leont'ev Archive
• Alexander Luria Archive
• Evald Ilyenkov Archive, 1924 - 1979
• Activity, Consciousness, and Personality, by Aleksie Nikolaevich Leont'ev
• Various Sociocultural Articles from the Cultural-Historical Psychology site at Waterloo
• Sociocultural Approaches to Learning and Development: A Vygotskian Framework, by Vera John-Steiner and Holbrook Mahn
• Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, University of Helsinki
• Activity Theory, from the University of Colorado, Denver

Marx, Hegel, and others

• Marxist Internet Archive
• Marx & Engels
• Hegel by HyperText
• Play Marxist Jeopardy! : This is a must see site.
• Leon Trotsky Internet Archive

Critical, Post-structural, and Post-Modern Theory

• K.I.S.S. of the Panopticon, cultural theory and media literacy web site
• Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought, University of Colorado, Denver
• HyperBourdieu
• Judith Butler, at www.theory.org.uk
• Michel Foucualt, at www.theory.org.uk
• Michel Foucault, Queensland University of Technology
• Antonio Gramsci, at www.theory.org.uk

Cognitive Science

MITECS: The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences

Other Resources

• In-depth Learning with ZNet's Instructionals (materials covering a wide array of topics and authors)

APLNG 497f: Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Coures Links

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