Essays about: "and ZPD"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words and ZPD.

1. 6. If Humour be the Food of Learning, Joke on: Perspectives of Several Italian and Swedish Upper-Secondary School Students on Humour and Dialogic Classroom Interaction

   University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)

   Author : Ashley Blackmore; [2013]
   Keywords : dialogue; interaction; humour; upper-secondary school; Vygotsky;

   Abstract : Social constructivism, known as Vygotskian theory, has been implicated in improving spoken language skills of upper-secondary school students. This qualitative study aims to investigate the perspectives of students regarding the teachers’ use of humour in ESL lessons both in Italy and Sweden. READ MORE

3. 7. The Use of Written Corrective Feedback. A Survey of Written Response from Teachers to ESL Students in English A-Course Upper Secondary School

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Åsa Lindqvist; [2012-02-03]
   Keywords : Written Corrective Feedback; ; Direct Feedback; Indirect Feedback; Student Writing; The Sociocultural Theory Zone of Proximal Development;

   Abstract : Teachers and the main body of researchers seem to be of the opinion that in order to learn as efficiently as possible we need to know when we fail and preferably how we can correct our errors; that we need to be given feedback to progress in our learning. Ideas such as these seem to originate in the Sociocultural Theory and Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). READ MORE