Both “Breaking Them Up, Taking Them Away” (Toohey, 1998) and “Institutionalized Inclusion” (Han, 2009) discuss the impact of sociocultural learning on non-native language acquisition. Toohey’s article focuses on a Grade 1 classroom in which students are strongly discouraged to engage in collaborative learning resulting in potential alienation and ostracization of English Language Learners (ELL), whereas Han’s article reflects a sociocultural framework found in Churches that promotes successful language acquisition though systematic scaffolding and contingent assistance provided by “old-timers”. (Han, 2009)
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