Essays about: "ZPD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word ZPD.

1. 1. Collaborative Writing Tasks with the Goal of Developing All-round Communicative Competence in L2 English

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Erik Vesterlund; Shvan Erfan Ali; [2022]
   Keywords : collaborative writing; secondary school; negotiation of meaning; LRE’s; ZPD; L2;

   Abstract : This study explores to what extent frequent language-related episodes aid language acquisition through collaborative writing tasks for L2 learners. Recent research drawingupon established theories such as Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, including the concepts of the zone of proximal development, the more knowledgeable other, and negotiation of meaning indicates that collaborative writing is beneficial for L2 learners (Watanabe & Swain, 2007; Storch, 2011; Swain & Watanabe, 2012). READ MORE

3. 2. A long-distance relationship : Reconnecting hotels with their guests via intuitive design

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
   Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning;

   Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE

4. 3. A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP : RECONNECTING HOTELS WITH THEIR GUESTS VIA INTUITIVE DESIGN

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Naomi Wu; [2018]
   Keywords : user experience; user interface; intuitiveness; affordances; millennials; technology; activity theory; travel planning; användarupplevelse; användargränssnitt; intuitivitet; brukskvalitet; milleniegenerationen; teknologi; aktivitetsteorins; reseplanering;

   Abstract : Currently for travel planning, guests will research via hotel websites while still preferring to book through third-party sites, which leads to a disconnect between hotels and their guests. A chat widget artifact that is added onto the hotel’s website and linked through messaging applications was created by a start-up company, Bookboost, to bridge this gap. READ MORE

5. 4. Of Theory of Mind and Scaffolding: Using John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to Develop Upper Secondary Students’ Theory of Mind

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Ana Louise Moreira Hagvall; [2018]
   Keywords : Of Mice and Men; Theory of Mind; empathy; scaffolding; ZPD; critical theory; John Steinbeck; Crooks; Curley’s wife; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This research project presents an example of how students and teachers can work together to analyze Of Mice and Men. In this paper, critical theory is used as a form of scaffolding, in order to both develop students’ Theory of Mind (ToM) and make canonical literature more accessible. READ MORE

6. 5. “We are not going to hide what they are going to learn” - A Study about Rubrics for Speaking Skills in The English Classroom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Linnea Swartswe; [2018]
   Keywords : formative assessment; rubrics; scaffolding; sociocultural perspective; speaking strategies; spoken language learning; the affective filter hypothesis; visible learning; and ZPD;

   Abstract : A rubric specifically for speaking skills was recently implemented and practiced in an English classroom for grade 6, in a school in the south of Sweden. The predetermined effected results of how the rubric works is debated among many schools and researchers, but no research have been done on the actually effects specifically in this area recently. READ MORE