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<p style="text-align: justify;">Since my contribution to this special issue commemorating Jim Lantolf&rsquo;s life and work deviates from a traditional journal paper format, I forego an abstract and begin with a prologue befitting the one-act play &ldquo;Conversations with Jim&rdquo; I have created to show my gratitude to Jim for his guidance and wisdom through many years. In this tribute to his enormous impact on second language studies and Vygotskian scholarship, I hope to showcase the power of collaborative inquiry and mentorship in advancing knowledge. In our retrospective dialogue, we cover three main areas of Vygotsky&rsquo;s work: (1) Znachenie slova: We challenge common interpretations by distinguishing "analysis into units" from "units of analysis," highlighting the interplay of stable cultural meanings and individual sense-making (smysl); (2) Sense and Meaning: we dissect the relationship between sense and meaning in external and internal speech, emphasizing the role of affect and subjective experience (perezhivanie) in shaping an internal system of meaning; and (3) Consciousness: We follow Vygotsky&rsquo;s advice and explore the origins and development of consciousness, from its emergence in single-celled organisms to the human capacity for meta-consciousness, drawing on recent scientific and philosophical insights.</p>

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Review Article

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Our Twenty-Year Journey of Co-Discovery: A Retrospective Dialogue with Jim Lantolf

Guest-editors: 
Mirosław Pawlak, PhD, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, PhD, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hassan Mohebbi, PhD, Independent Researcher, Turkey


Special Issue: In Honour of James P. Lantolf’s Contributions to Sociocultural Theory, Second Language Development and Language Pedagogy