Author(s)

Natalya Chernova, Jamila Mustafina, Natalia Koroleva

Corresponding Author

Natalya Chernova

ABSTRACT

The resource under study deals with the implications for second language learning and teaching of a sociocultural theory of mind, as originally conceived by L.S. Vygotsky. The study showed how pre- and intermediate speakers’ performance collapsed in the face of a difficult narrative task and how self-regulation and control over the mediation means lost. Necessity of compiling a textbook based on the above-mentioned principles was stressed. The results showed that electronic educational resource provided the opportunity of permanent on-line contact with a teacher that evidently contributed to the development of “legitimate peripheral participation” and the students’ learning curve.

KEYWORDS

Foreign language acquisition component, software, e-learning, mediational means control, participation