The Analysis on the Application of SCT in Academic English Teaching

摘要

Since 1890s, SCT has been the new study topic in Second Language Acquisition. SCT gives the deep insight into the social elements and historical and cultural elements in the process of language learning and improving the cognitive ability. Meanwhile, with the tendency of internalization, intercultural communicative ability becomes more and more important especially in the academic communication. This paper will work on the application of SCT in the academic English teaching, focusing on the study of teaching methods in order to help student improve their learning ability in academic fields.