In Russia, Lev Vygotsky published Thought and Language (links to Amazon) in 1934. Soviet Russia being what it was at the time, Vygotsky’s work did not appear in the West until the late 1960s. Vygotsky proposed that language is first learned through social interactions, then is used in egocentric speech (the talking aloud to oneself so common in toddlers), and is finally internalized into inner speech. This inner speech becomes what most of us mean when we refer to
Language learning and un-learning
Language learning and un-learning
Language learning and un-learning
In Russia, Lev Vygotsky published Thought and Language (links to Amazon) in 1934. Soviet Russia being what it was at the time, Vygotsky’s work did not appear in the West until the late 1960s. Vygotsky proposed that language is first learned through social interactions, then is used in egocentric speech (the talking aloud to oneself so common in toddlers), and is finally internalized into inner speech. This inner speech becomes what most of us mean when we refer to