ABSTRACT
Sociocultural Teaching and research recognize second language learning and development as a mediated, conscious, and creative activity where (1) Mediation constitutes the core principle in human sociocultural activity that (2) explains the origin and development of different types of sociocultural consciousness through (3) Creativity, defined as personal expression that forms our identity. Different priorities emerge from sociocultural research for the FL/L2 classroom that contrast with formalistic approaches to learning based on the idea of acquisition as accumulation of input. This chapter offers a sociocultural alternative to the use of computational terminology such as “input/system/output” and “processing/noticing” in SLA. Our goal is to document and explain the process of teaching and learning through the concept of creative mediation as a source of development and conceptual consciousness. These proposals are concretized through a pedagogical project: “digital storytelling” applied to contexts of FL/L2 Spanish and teacher training that focuses on the construction of identity and conceptual development in students and teachers of FL/L2 Spanish.
