The present article is an attempt to study the routine activities of two EFL classes from an alternative perspective, namely sociocultural theory (SCT). The unconventional lenses through which the data (conventional EFL classes) are analyzed can hopefully provide an insight into common classroom practice. The data lend further credibility to SCT. In essence, it is a demonstration of how a theory can be applied to the micro events of classrooms. Ellis and Sheen (2006) note that recasts have invariably been viewed in cognitive terms. Lantolf (2006) also alludes to the possibility of viewing recasts from a sociocultural perspective. In the spirit of these two associations of recasts and sociocultural theory, recasts in the two classes observed are scrutinized from a sociocultural perspective. A very interesting finding of the study is the meditational tool of sentence making employed by the EFL teachers in the two classes. This indicates that teachers use sentence making by students as a meditational tool to create implicit knowledge. The article demonstrates the close affinity between feedback in general and recasts in particular with reference to SCT.

In today’, s world, which is rife with civil wars, terrorist activities, and different forms of violence, peace has become a complex concept, affected by various social, economic, cultural, political and psychological factors. One of the states of the society, which may pave the way for conflict or other forms of violence is ANOMIE. ANOMIE, as a societal state, in which there is a threat of violence, war or terrorist activities, provides a rich area of study to develop deeper insights into conflictive contexts. After developing a theoretical framework and using formerly developed measurements and sequence results, we conduct two studies to further investigate the relation between ANOMIE and peace/conflict. Results indicate that internal peace is associated with the breakdown in leadership and social fabric (Study 1A). Therefore, dysregulated and disintegrated societies as the result of breakdown in leadership and social fabric respectively, pave the way for direct and indirect violence. In addition, our results illustrate that ANOMIE has an important role in predicting the contexts where conflict exists (Study 1B). Findings indicate that ANOMIE data can be useful to forecast the contexts in which there is a potential conflict. They also highlight the importance of ANOMIE in peacefulness or conflictiveness of societies.