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S8 SUMMER 2012 Classroom Discourse in Foreign Language Classrooms: A Review of the Literature Joshua J. Thoms Utah State University Abstract: This article reviews studies that have investigated discourse in foreign language (FL) classroom contexts from the perspective of sociocultural theory. Socio- cultural theory maintains that language learning and development in a classroom context are intimately tied to the