In the midst of increasing numbers of new and alternative approaches and theories in the field of second language acquisition, Vygotskyian sociocultural theory (henceforth, VSCT) has firmly established its major role in the field in the last 30 years. However, it is widely perceived that the concepts and constructs of VSCT are not easy to grasp by language teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and novice researchers in the field of second language education. Sociocultural theory in second language education: An introduction through narratives is an innovative and timely addition to the second language education field which has succeeded in making the key VSCT concepts and constructs very accessible to the reader via use of real narrative stories told by language teachers, students, and researchers in the very field. Using real narratives to elucidate VSCT concepts and constructs has not only proven successful to make them easier to understand in real contexts but also, according to the authors, make those key concepts and constructs ‘stick’ in our minds.