An Interview with APPLE Lecture Guest Speaker Professor Leo van Lier

• Main Authors: Catherine Box, Nancy Boblett, Farah S. Akbar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Columbia University Libraries 2015-04-01
• Series: Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
• Subjects: Applied linguistics; Language and education; Semiotics; Language; Technological innovations; Study of language; Teaching language; Education; Foreign speakers; English language; Interview; Leo van Lier
• Online Access: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8RN3KN3/download

On February 10, 2012, the TESOL/AL Web Journal (represented by Catherine Box, Farah Akbar, and Nancy Boblett) had the pleasure of sitting down with Professor Leo van Lier, guest speaker for the 2012 APPLE Lecture Series. He was kind to take the time to answer our questions pertaining to the tremendous breadth and depth of his work: sociocultural theory and ecological approaches to language learning, scaffolding in the classroom, action-based research, and technology-assisted language learning. Leo van Lier is professor of educational linguistics in the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. He is the author of several books, including Scaffolding the academic success of adolescent English language learners (2010, with Aída Walqui); The ecology and semiotics of language learning (2004); Interaction in the language curriculum (1996); Introducing language awareness (1995); and The classroom and the language learner (1988). He has published numerous book chapters and articles in journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, The English Language Teaching Journal, Language Awareness, Le Français dans le Monde, Signos, and Applied Language Learning. Professor van Lier is the Editor-in-Chief of The Modern Language Journal and is also on the editorial boards of a number of different journals. He is co-editor of the book series Educational Linguistics for Springer Publishers.