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Sociocultural Identity Development Scaffolded by Collaboration-Conducive Strategies: A Case of an Iranian EFL Writing Class

Seyyed Mohammad Ali Soozandehfar; Rahman Sahragard

Volume 7, Issue 15 , May 2015, , Pages 125-156

Abstract
  This investigation postulates Vygotsky’s (1978) concept of zone of proximal development (ZPD) and his related “scaffolding” metaphor as well as Norton’s (2006) principles of sociocultural identity as its theoretical foundation. This research intends to scrutinize the socioculturally-oriented ...  Read More

Projecting Cultural Identity through Metadiscourse Marking; A Comparison of Persian and English Research Articles

Reza Abdi

Volume 1, Issue 212 , December 2008, , Pages 1-15

Abstract
  Writing projects are socially-situated identities. The rhetorically-loaded aspects of writing, like metadiscourse marking, are more prone to carry such identities. Through analyzing metadiscourse strategies employment in Persian and English (as the lingua franca of academic discourse community) research ...  Read More