The book provides a detailed description of the design of a reading curriculum for language learners using the ideas of developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky and literary critic Michael Bakhtin. A major theme in Vygotsky's cultural historical theory is the role of spontaneous and scientific concepts in children's and adolescents' cultural development. Therefore, the book's starting point is to discuss why classroom teachers, material and curriculum designers need to focus on reading related concepts in r

Lying at the heart of this book is the computer's appeal in vocabulary teaching. Key words in this book are vocabulary learning, spaced repetition, and multimedia annotation. As the key words indicate, the book addresses the needs of language teachers and students who want to use spaced repetition and multimedia annotations in the best possible way. The book contains descriptions of spaced repetition and multimedia annotation techniques, illustrations of their application in vocabulary teaching as well as s