A Sociocognitive Approach to Second Language Acquisition: How mind, body, and world work together in learning additional languages

The core claim of a sociocognitive approach is that mind, body, and world function integratively in second language acquisition (SLA). This does not mean that we can never speak of cognition per se when discussing SLA, but it does mean that cognition per se is a fiction. This claim, which may trouble SLA researchers, is based on the following reasoning.