SCAFFOLDING STRATEGIES

Scaffolding is a metaphor that is based on the Vygosky`s premise of learning as a socially constructed process to guide a child through the ZPD and enable them to carry out a task that they would be unable to do without help.

WHAT STRATEGIES COULD WE USE TO PROVIDE SCAFFOLDING?

USE DEMONSTRATIONS, MODELLING, ROLE.PLAYING

USE EXTRALINGUISTIC INFORMATION TO MAKE ENGLISH COMPREHENSIBLE

PRESENT NEW INFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWN INFORMATION

PARAPHRASE OFTEN

ELABORATE OFTEN

RECAST OFTEN

EXPAND OFTEN

USE SIMPLE STRUCTURES AND AVOID TOO COMPLEX STRUCTURES

REPEAT THE SAME SENTENCE PATTERNS AND ROUTINES

ELICIT LANGUAGE FROM LEARNERS

ASK OPEN-ENDED AND REFERENTIAL QUESTIONS

RESPECT THE CHILD`S STAGES OF LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

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