Farhad Tayebipour

Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Iran

[ 1 ] - Interface between L2 learners’ pragmatic performance, language proficiency, and individual/group ZPD

One of the theories accounting for pragmatic development of L2 learners is Vygotsky’s (1978) sociocultural  theory.  This  study  investigated  the  development  of  EFL  learners'  pragmatic competence through the lens of an important concept of Vygotsky’s theory, i.e.  the  zone  of proximal  development.  The  study  was  conducted  to  answer  two  questions.  The  first  question was wheth...

[ 2 ] - The Effect of Dynamic Assessment on EFL Learners' Acquisition of Request and Apology

Originating from Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, dynamic assessment (DA) proposes a novel approach to second language acquisition (SLA) research according to which a dialectical relationship is envisaged between instruction and assessment. Although DA has been applied to some areas of SLA, there are areas, such as interlanguage pragmatics (ILP), that have been neglected.  To address the issue,...

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