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Monday, July 21, 2008

Kay Irie posted this brief report:

"The get-together on Sunday was great! A good mix of new and familiar faces. Deryn joined us as well and our talk stayed focused on scaffolding.

Here are the links I posted for the July Tokyo get-together in advance."

Lantolf, J. P. & Thorne, S. L. (2007). Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Acquisition. In. B. van Patten & J. Williams (eds.), Explaining Second Language Acquisition (pp. 201-224). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
http://language.la.psu.edu/~thorne/Lantolf.Thorne.vanpatten.2007.pdf

Yu, Guoxing. (2004). Perception, Practice and Progress - Significance of scaffolding and zone of proximal development for second or foreign language teachers. The Asian EFL Journal, vol.6, Article 9.
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/december_04_GY.php

Larkin, Martha. (2002). Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED474301.
http://www.vtaide.com/png/ERIC/Scaffolding.htm

If anybody knows other than these, let us know!

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