One force pulls researchers toward individual applications and separate variations of certain
general, often vague ideas. The other force pulls researchers toward learning from each …

Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key is the print version of the multimodal
address that former CCCC Chair Kathleen Yancey gave at the 2004 CCCC convention …

This book is a collection about cultural-historical activity theory as it has been developed
and applied by Yrjö Engeström. The work of Engeström is both rooted in the legacy of …

An essential toolkit for language teachers who need to design language courses for working
professionals, vocational schools, undergraduate and graduate students. Needs Analysis for …

The SIGET IV panel on genre in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and “academic
literacies”(ACLITS) has set rolling a discussion of the similarities and differences in the two …

En este capítulo nos proponemos definir los retos actuales del estudio de la alfabetización
académica analizando su carácter situado, social e interdisciplinar y su impacto en las …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book is an apt example of Volosinov's (1930/1973) oft-quoted line …

This article describes the history and continuing development of Vygotsky‐inspired
sociocultural theories (SCT) and their application in second and foreign language research …

This study focuses on start-up entrepreneurs on the move—in coordination with an array of
other actors—as they weave and are woven into transnational networks. Central to this study …

This article reports on an international study of the teaching of undergraduate mathematics
in seven countries. Informed by rhetorical genre theory, activity theory, and the notion of …