Participation in Peer Response as Activity: An Examination of Peer Response Stances From an Activity Theory Perspective

This article reports a case study that examined English as a Second Language students' peer response stances from an activity theory perspective. More specifically, the study was guided by the constructs of activity and motive/object in Leont'ev's theory. Multiple sources of data were collected from two native Spanish‐speaking students enrolled in a low‐advanced EAP writing class, including recordings of their peer response sessions and...