03787namaa2200637uu 4500 oapen98090 oapen 20251217011846.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 250216s2025a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 9781032628608 9781032628615 9781032628622 10.4324/9781032628615 doi oapen oapen eng dc C thema CF thema Masuda, Kyoko edt Concept-based Language Instruction Usage-based Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory in Teaching Japanese Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2025 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star This volume showcases how concept-based language instruction (C-BLI) can be effectively integrated into foreign language instruction. C-BLI is grounded in the relationship between theory, research, and practice, incorporating visual aids called SCOBAs (schemas for a complete orientating basis of action) designed to teach accurate scientific concepts. SCOBAs materialize L2 usage-based linguistic and cultural concepts to create tools that promote conceptual understanding and internalization. Three overview chapters lay out the book's sociocultural theoretic foundations, the role of mediation, usage-based linguistics, and the concept of subjective construal; internalization and its role in re-mediating the mind for L2 learning; and L2 pragmatics teaching and assessment. Subsequent chapters enact praxis via classroom research on C-BLI. Each study focuses on a difficult-to-acquire area of Japanese pragmatics and/or grammar, incorporating SCOBAs that teach core concepts; instruction moves from SCOBA-mediated interactive lecture to internalization tasks involving languaging to language practice. Each chapter concludes with a section for critical reflection to inform future research and materials design. With its focus on research-teaching connections via praxis elucidating the power of linking concept-based language instruction with usage-based linguistics, this book will interest students and scholars of second language acquisition, language teaching and learning, applied linguistics, Japanese, and Asian languages. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at " http://www.taylorfrancis.com" "http://www.taylorfrancis.com" under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Language and Linguistics thema Linguistics thema Amy Snyder Ohta Concept-based language instruction Cultural knowledge Japanese as a foreign language Japanese as a second language Kyoko Masuda L2 development Rie Tsujihara SCOBAs Second language acquisition Second language development SLA Sociocultural theory Teaching Japanese Usage-based linguistics Vygotskian practice Masuda, Kyoko aut Snyder Ohta, Amy aut Tsujihara, Rie aut OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98090 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 36830 36830