Research Interests
- Sociology of education
- Second and foreign language Acquisition
- Sociolinguistics
- Cultural Historical Activity Theory
- Ethno-Semiotics
Publications
Books
Escandón, A., Bando, S., Nakai, K. and Silva, A., Español en Internet: Curso intermedio de español como lengua extranjera [Learning Spanish through the Internet], Tokyo: Daisan Shobo, 2002.
Refereed publications
Escandón, A. 2012, 'The pedagogies of second language acquistion: Combining cultural-historical and sociological traditions ', in H Daniels (ed.), Vygotsky and Sociology, Routledge, London. LINK
Sanz, M., Igoa, J.M. and Escandón, A 2012, 'Sociocultural and Communicative Aspects of Language Development and Language Teaching', in M Sanz & JM Igoa (eds), Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy: Contributions of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics to Second Language Teaching, Cambridge Scholars, London. LINK
Escandón, A. 2012, 'Why learners with an Informal Orientation become academic failures and what can be done to reverse their fate ', in M Sanz & JM Igoa (eds), Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy: Contributions of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics to Second Language Learning, Cambridge Scholars, London. LINK
Escandón, A. & Sanz, M. 2011, 'The Bottom-up Move within Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development: A Pedagogical Application for Teaching Agreement in Spanish as a Foreign Language', RELC Journal, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 345-61. LINK
Escandón, A. 2011, “Panel ‘La creación de textos para la clase de ELE’. La creación de textos ELE según las nociones de ‘actividad educativa’ de Davydov y Markova, ‘orientación completa’ de Galperin y ‘aprendizaje radical’ de Hedegaard y Chaiklin”. Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XXII, pp. 25-33. PDF
‘Bernstein’s Pedagogic Codes and the Issue of Control in Communicative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA)’. Bernstein’s Fifth Symposium, Cardiff, July, 2008.
‘Identidad, toma de posición y códigos pedagógicos de estudiantes y profesores de ELE: Una interfaz entre la sociología de la pedagogía de Bernstein y la teoría de la actividad’ [Spanish as a foreign language leaners and practitioners’ identity, subject position and pedagogic codes: An interphase between Bernstein’s sociology and Activity Theory]’. Tokio: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XVIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2008, pp. 129-152.
‘Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a Unifying Approach Towards Teaching L2 Grammar and Communication in Japan’. Forum for Foreign Language Education, vol. 6. Osaka: Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Kansai University, March 2007. [PDF]
‘Gramática o Comunicación en la enseñanza del ELE en Japón: La Zona de Desarrollo Próximo de Vygotsky como enfoque integrador [Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a Unifying Approach Towards Teaching L2 Grammar and Communication in Japan]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XVIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2006, pp. 77-98.
‘La resistencia al aprendizaje (de lenguas extranjeras) de los estudiantes japoneses del tercer ciclo: una subjetividad objetivable[Japanese students’ learning resistance to language education at the tertiary level: a subjectivity able to be objectivised]’, Hispánica vol. 49, 2005, pp. 15-29.
‘Education/Learning Resistance in the Foreign-Language Classroom: A case study’, AIS St Helens Centre for Research in International Education, Research Paper Series, Working Paper No. 5, 2004.
‘The challenges to constructivist culture in Japan’, JALT Conference Proceedings 2002. Tokyo: JALT, 2003, pp. 273-279.
‘The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages’. Forum for Foreign Language Education, Osaka: Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Kansai University, March 2002, pp. 17-29.
‘Límites de la metodología en la descripción, análisis y teorización de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras [The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2001, pp. 87-98.
‘[Japón:] Viaje a las islas de la microelectrónica [Japan, a trip to the microelectronic islands]’. Madrid: Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, No. 596, Spain International Cooperation Agency, February 2000, pp. 41-47.
‘Censura y liberalismo en Chile a partir de 1990 [Censorship and Liberalism in Chile since 1990]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos de Investigación del Mundo Latino, No. 20, Centre of Latin American Studies, Nanzan University, May 1999.
‘Introducción crítica al uso de la tecnología educativa multimedia en la clase de español lengua extranjera (ELE) en Japón [Critical introduction to the use of educational technology in the Spanish as a Foreign Language class]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. X, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, March 1999, pp. 73-87.
Sanz, M., Igoa, J.M. and Escandón, A 2012, 'Sociocultural and Communicative Aspects of Language Development and Language Teaching', in M Sanz & JM Igoa (eds), Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy: Contributions of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics to Second Language Teaching, Cambridge Scholars, London. LINK
Escandón, A. 2012, 'Why learners with an Informal Orientation become academic failures and what can be done to reverse their fate ', in M Sanz & JM Igoa (eds), Applying Language Science to Language Pedagogy: Contributions of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics to Second Language Learning, Cambridge Scholars, London. LINK
Escandón, A. & Sanz, M. 2011, 'The Bottom-up Move within Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development: A Pedagogical Application for Teaching Agreement in Spanish as a Foreign Language', RELC Journal, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 345-61. LINK
Escandón, A. 2011, “Panel ‘La creación de textos para la clase de ELE’. La creación de textos ELE según las nociones de ‘actividad educativa’ de Davydov y Markova, ‘orientación completa’ de Galperin y ‘aprendizaje radical’ de Hedegaard y Chaiklin”. Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XXII, pp. 25-33. PDF
‘Bernstein’s Pedagogic Codes and the Issue of Control in Communicative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA)’. Bernstein’s Fifth Symposium, Cardiff, July, 2008.
‘Identidad, toma de posición y códigos pedagógicos de estudiantes y profesores de ELE: Una interfaz entre la sociología de la pedagogía de Bernstein y la teoría de la actividad’ [Spanish as a foreign language leaners and practitioners’ identity, subject position and pedagogic codes: An interphase between Bernstein’s sociology and Activity Theory]’. Tokio: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XVIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2008, pp. 129-152.
‘Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a Unifying Approach Towards Teaching L2 Grammar and Communication in Japan’. Forum for Foreign Language Education, vol. 6. Osaka: Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Kansai University, March 2007. [PDF]
‘Gramática o Comunicación en la enseñanza del ELE en Japón: La Zona de Desarrollo Próximo de Vygotsky como enfoque integrador [Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a Unifying Approach Towards Teaching L2 Grammar and Communication in Japan]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XVIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2006, pp. 77-98.
‘La resistencia al aprendizaje (de lenguas extranjeras) de los estudiantes japoneses del tercer ciclo: una subjetividad objetivable[Japanese students’ learning resistance to language education at the tertiary level: a subjectivity able to be objectivised]’, Hispánica vol. 49, 2005, pp. 15-29.
‘Education/Learning Resistance in the Foreign-Language Classroom: A case study’, AIS St Helens Centre for Research in International Education, Research Paper Series, Working Paper No. 5, 2004.
‘The challenges to constructivist culture in Japan’, JALT Conference Proceedings 2002. Tokyo: JALT, 2003, pp. 273-279.
‘The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages’. Forum for Foreign Language Education, Osaka: Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Kansai University, March 2002, pp. 17-29.
‘Límites de la metodología en la descripción, análisis y teorización de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras [The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2001, pp. 87-98.
‘[Japón:] Viaje a las islas de la microelectrónica [Japan, a trip to the microelectronic islands]’. Madrid: Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, No. 596, Spain International Cooperation Agency, February 2000, pp. 41-47.
‘Censura y liberalismo en Chile a partir de 1990 [Censorship and Liberalism in Chile since 1990]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos de Investigación del Mundo Latino, No. 20, Centre of Latin American Studies, Nanzan University, May 1999.
‘Introducción crítica al uso de la tecnología educativa multimedia en la clase de español lengua extranjera (ELE) en Japón [Critical introduction to the use of educational technology in the Spanish as a Foreign Language class]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. X, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, March 1999, pp. 73-87.
Electronic publications
'Systems for Web-based course support: Technical, pedagogical and Institutional Options’, Quaderns Digitals, 2003.
Murmuraciones acerca de la cinematografía de José Donoso [Gossip about José Donoso’s cinematography], Centro Virtual Cervantes, Instituto Cervantes, 2002.
Entre el chacoteo dionisíaco y la antropología cultural [Between the Dionysic ‘making fun of’ and cultural anthropology], Centro Virtual Cervantes, Instituto Cervantes, 2002.
Felisberto Hernández y el subjetivismo fantástico [Felisberto Hernández and the fantastic subjectivism], Centro Virtual Cervantes, Instituto Cervantes, retrieved December 10, 2003.
Non-refereed publications
‘Crisis de identidad de los latinoamericanos en Japón[Latin Americans in Japan, an identity crisis]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 1, December 1997, pp. 7-9.
‘Una educación excluyente: perfil de los marginados del sistema educativo[Educational exclusion, profile of the marginalised students in the Japanese educational system]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 10-12.
‘El acoso intraescolar es la consecuencia natural e indeseable de la educación y el orden social japonés [Bullying is the natural and undesirable consequence of the Japanese educational system and social order]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 16-21.
‘¿Es Japón una nación alfabetizada?: Alfabetización y educación [Is Japan a literate country?: Alphabetism and Education]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 30-38.
‘Una educación excluyente: perfil de los marginados del sistema educativo[Educational exclusion, profile of the marginalised students in the Japanese educational system]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 10-12.
‘El acoso intraescolar es la consecuencia natural e indeseable de la educación y el orden social japonés [Bullying is the natural and undesirable consequence of the Japanese educational system and social order]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 16-21.
‘¿Es Japón una nación alfabetizada?: Alfabetización y educación [Is Japan a literate country?: Alphabetism and Education]’. Osaka: Raíces Latinas, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 30-38.
Book reviews
‘Mundos artificiales: Filosofía del cambio tecnológico, Broncano, F. Ciudad de México: Editorial Paidós, 2002, 324 pp. [Artificial Worlds: Philosophy of technological change]’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XIII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, May 2001, pp.113-114.
‘Lakoff, G. Y Johnson, M.: Philosophy in the flesh, Basic Books, Nueva York, 1999, 624 pp.’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, April 2000. pp. 159-160.
‘Lakoff, G. Y Johnson, M.: Philosophy in the flesh, Basic Books, Nueva York, 1999, 624 pp.’. Nagoya: Cuadernos Canela, Vol. XII, Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, April 2000. pp. 159-160.
Presentations/Workshops
The construction of distributed context-independent
syntagmatic cognition in microblogging
environments (Twitter) and its implications for
pedagogy. [La construction de la cognition
syntagmatique indépendante du contexte distribué
dans les environnements des microblogs (Twitter) et
ses implications pour la pédagogie], 7th International Basil Bernstein Symposium, Maison Metiterraneenne de Sciences de l'homme, Aix-en-Provence, 27 June, 2012.
Acquirers’ trajectories and orientations to meaning and activity: The combined use of Bernstein’s code theory and cultural historical activity theory to analyse subject position and semiotic mediation variation in foreign language education in Japan, 6th International Basil Bernstein Symposium, Griffith University, July 3, 2010.
“Panel ‘La creación de textos para la clase de ELE’. La creación de textos ELE según las nociones de ‘actividad educativa’ de Davydov y Markova, ‘orientación completa’ de Galperin y ‘aprendizaje radical’ de Hedegaard y Chaiklin”, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Instituto Cervantes de Tokio, mayo de 2010.
‘Acquirers’ trajectories and orientations to meaning and activity: how semiotic mediation varies according to acquirers’ identity and consciousness’, presentation given at the Research Students’ Conference, Department of Education, University of Bath, July 2nd, 2009.
‘Bernstein’s Pedagogic Codes and the Issue of Control in Communicative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA)’. Bernstein’s Fifth Symposium, Cardiff, UK, July 10th, 2008.
‘Bernstein’s Sociology and Activity Theory: Analysing Spanish as a foreign language at the tertiary level in Japan’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Tokyo, Japan, May 25th, 2008.
‘Resistance in the Spanish as a Foreign Language Classroom and Expansive Learning’, presentation given at the Joint Kobe City University of Foreign Studies-Instituto Cervantes Seminar, Kobe, Japan, March 21st, 2008.
‘An interface between Bernstein’s Sociology and Activity Theory: Analysing Spanish as a foreign language at the tertiary level in Japan’, Methodological Challenges in Socio-Cultural and Activity Theory Research, International Workshop, Department of Education, University of Bath, UK, July 27th, 2007.
‘Entre la Gramática y la Comunic ación: Nuevas aproximaciones socioculturales a la enseñanza del ELE [Between Grammar and Communication: New socioculture approaches to teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language]’, Taller de Didáctica de Kansai (TADESKA), Osaka, July 14th, 2007.
‘Practical uses of CALL systems in the teaching/learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language’, Taller de Didáctica de Kansai (TADESKA), Osaka, March 8th, 2007.
‘Gramática o comunicación en la enseñanza del ELE en Japón: La zona de desarrollo próximo de Vygotsky como enfoque integrador[Grammar or communication in teaching Spanish as a foreign-language: Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a unifying approach]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Nagoya, Japan, May 2006.
‘Ambientes constructivistas de aprendizaje del Español Lengua Extranjera[Constructivist Spanish-as-a- foreign-language learning environments]’, presentation given at the Nippon Hispania Gakkai Conference, Chiba, Japan, November 8th, 2005.
‘National identification in foreign language teaching environments in Japan’, with Cristina Parra, presentation given at the 6th Biannual Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand, April 4th, 2005.
‘Improvement of a questionnaire aimed at measuring Japanese learners’ resistance to Foreign-Language Education’, presentation given at the Nippon Hispania Gakkai Conference, Nagoya, Japan, November 2004.
‘Education/Learning Resistance in the foreign-language classroom at a Japanese University’, presentation given at the AIS St Helens Internationalisation of New Zealand’s Education Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, August 2004.
‘Diferentes tecnologías, diferentes reflexiones’ [Different technologies, different reflections], presentation given at the International Simposium on Distance Education and Online Learning, Universidad Internacional de Andalucia y Consorcio Fernando de los Ríos, Baeza, Spain, December 2002.
‘The challenges to constructivist culture in Japan’, presentation given at the Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT) Conference 2002, Shizuoka, Japan, October 2002.
‘Límites de la metodología en la descripción, análisis y teorización de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras [The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Nagoya, Japan, May 2001.
‘Censura y liberalismo en Chile a partir de 1990 [Censorship and Liberalism in Chile since 1990]’, monograph presented at an ad-hoc workshop at the Centre for Latin American Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, May 1999.
‘Introducción crítica al uso de la tecnología educativa multimedia en la clase de español lengua extranjera (ELE) en Japón [Critical introduction to the use of educational technology in the Spanish as a Foreign Language class]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Tokyo, Japan, May 1999.
‘Taller multimedia e Internet [Internet and Multimedia Workshop]’, workshop delivered for the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, November 1999.
Acquirers’ trajectories and orientations to meaning and activity: The combined use of Bernstein’s code theory and cultural historical activity theory to analyse subject position and semiotic mediation variation in foreign language education in Japan, 6th International Basil Bernstein Symposium, Griffith University, July 3, 2010.
“Panel ‘La creación de textos para la clase de ELE’. La creación de textos ELE según las nociones de ‘actividad educativa’ de Davydov y Markova, ‘orientación completa’ de Galperin y ‘aprendizaje radical’ de Hedegaard y Chaiklin”, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Instituto Cervantes de Tokio, mayo de 2010.
‘Acquirers’ trajectories and orientations to meaning and activity: how semiotic mediation varies according to acquirers’ identity and consciousness’, presentation given at the Research Students’ Conference, Department of Education, University of Bath, July 2nd, 2009.
‘Bernstein’s Pedagogic Codes and the Issue of Control in Communicative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA)’. Bernstein’s Fifth Symposium, Cardiff, UK, July 10th, 2008.
‘Bernstein’s Sociology and Activity Theory: Analysing Spanish as a foreign language at the tertiary level in Japan’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Tokyo, Japan, May 25th, 2008.
‘Resistance in the Spanish as a Foreign Language Classroom and Expansive Learning’, presentation given at the Joint Kobe City University of Foreign Studies-Instituto Cervantes Seminar, Kobe, Japan, March 21st, 2008.
‘An interface between Bernstein’s Sociology and Activity Theory: Analysing Spanish as a foreign language at the tertiary level in Japan’, Methodological Challenges in Socio-Cultural and Activity Theory Research, International Workshop, Department of Education, University of Bath, UK, July 27th, 2007.
‘Entre la Gramática y la Comunic ación: Nuevas aproximaciones socioculturales a la enseñanza del ELE [Between Grammar and Communication: New socioculture approaches to teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language]’, Taller de Didáctica de Kansai (TADESKA), Osaka, July 14th, 2007.
‘Practical uses of CALL systems in the teaching/learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language’, Taller de Didáctica de Kansai (TADESKA), Osaka, March 8th, 2007.
‘Gramática o comunicación en la enseñanza del ELE en Japón: La zona de desarrollo próximo de Vygotsky como enfoque integrador[Grammar or communication in teaching Spanish as a foreign-language: Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development as a unifying approach]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Nagoya, Japan, May 2006.
‘Ambientes constructivistas de aprendizaje del Español Lengua Extranjera[Constructivist Spanish-as-a- foreign-language learning environments]’, presentation given at the Nippon Hispania Gakkai Conference, Chiba, Japan, November 8th, 2005.
‘National identification in foreign language teaching environments in Japan’, with Cristina Parra, presentation given at the 6th Biannual Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand, April 4th, 2005.
‘Improvement of a questionnaire aimed at measuring Japanese learners’ resistance to Foreign-Language Education’, presentation given at the Nippon Hispania Gakkai Conference, Nagoya, Japan, November 2004.
‘Education/Learning Resistance in the foreign-language classroom at a Japanese University’, presentation given at the AIS St Helens Internationalisation of New Zealand’s Education Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, August 2004.
‘Diferentes tecnologías, diferentes reflexiones’ [Different technologies, different reflections], presentation given at the International Simposium on Distance Education and Online Learning, Universidad Internacional de Andalucia y Consorcio Fernando de los Ríos, Baeza, Spain, December 2002.
‘The challenges to constructivist culture in Japan’, presentation given at the Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT) Conference 2002, Shizuoka, Japan, October 2002.
‘Límites de la metodología en la descripción, análisis y teorización de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras [The Limits of Methodology in Description, Analysis and Theorisation of Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Nagoya, Japan, May 2001.
‘Censura y liberalismo en Chile a partir de 1990 [Censorship and Liberalism in Chile since 1990]’, monograph presented at an ad-hoc workshop at the Centre for Latin American Studies, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, May 1999.
‘Introducción crítica al uso de la tecnología educativa multimedia en la clase de español lengua extranjera (ELE) en Japón [Critical introduction to the use of educational technology in the Spanish as a Foreign Language class]’, presentation given at the annual conference of the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana, Tokyo, Japan, May 1999.
‘Taller multimedia e Internet [Internet and Multimedia Workshop]’, workshop delivered for the Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, November 1999.
Teaching
Second Language Acquisition/Spanish as a foreign language
Latin-American History and Culture
Sociology of Education
Activities and Links
- Centre for Sociocultural & Activity Theory Research, Department of Education, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Researcher
- Confederación Académica Nipón-Español-Latinoamericana, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, Member
- Asociación Japonesa de Hispanistas [Nippon Isupanya Gakkai], Tokyo, Japan, Member
- Basil Bernstein International Symposium
