SCT in praxis - created from Mind Map

Seite 1

Theory of language

Theory of language learning

Approach

Design

It helps the development of these processes since it enables the developing communicative and cognitive functions to move from "the interpsychological" to "the intrapsychological plane"

Learning and cognitive development happen as a result of social interactions.The most important forms of human cognitive activity develop through interaction within social and material environments.

Objective

Syllabus

Roles

Learning and teaching activities

Children have agency and intentions which enable them to learn and construct their understandings through interaction with the environment

Socio-cultural perspective language is of interest not only for communication but for thought itself, in its functional sense. Socio-cultural theory views speaking and thinking as "tightly interwoven", people internalize what is being said in the communicative process and through this activity they gain control over their mental process, or in other wr¿ords apeaking mediates thinking

Students

Teachers

Instructional materials

It enables the child to internalize the language and carries it into further performance.The production of language pushes learners to process language more deeply.

The value of imitation is also emphasized for children's language learning, arguing that internalization through imitation is not a metter of just miming and copying but entails an active, and frequently creative, reasoning process.

Autors advocate for more opportunities in which students would be able to engage in verbal expression.In collaborative dialogues "language use and language learning cam co-occur.

1-Shared Story Telling 2-Think Aloud 3-Language Date