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SCAFFOLDING
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AIMS:
You will make yourselves familiar with the term
 you will recognise and use common scaffolding
techniques
 you will suggest possible scaffolding strategies
for a lesson
 you will learn how to break down tasks into
manageable stages
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SCAFFOLDING
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SCAFFOLDING
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A term widely used in CLIL teaching and
learning, originally it was used by Bruner
(1966) to refer to the adult-child dialogue which
leads to gradual increase in the mastery of a
task.
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IDENTIFY THE SCAFFOLDING
S: It is like sport….
T: Uh-huh.
S: …but is with „eye ron“
T: With iron?
S: Yes, is „eye ron“ sport. They…er…
T: What do they do?
S: Er, yes. It is like sport ex…ex..
T: An extreme sport?
S: Yes. They use „eye rons“ in extreme place
T: Ha – irons in extreme places? Where?
S: Ah, like onto a mountain.
T: On a mountain!
S: Yes (laughs), on a mountain or river.
T: What do they do?
S: They iron and in tree on top.
T: At the top of trees?
S: Yes.
Taken from J. Scrivener – Learning Teaching
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SCAFFOLDING TECHNIQUES
breaking tasks into small units
 providing constructive feedback
 creating interest
 use models for the production of language
 use glossaries and word banks
 use substitution tables
 use L1
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HOW CAN A TEACHER HELP WITH LANGUAGE
Paraphrase
 Expand
 Repeat
 Simplify
 Draw
 Mime
 Give examples
 Provide language frames, glossaries
 Guide
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HOW CAN A TEACHER HELP WITH CONTENT
Draw on existing knowledge
 Make the content meaningful for the students
 Break tasks into smaller chunks
 Use demonstration, experiments
 Give constructive feedback
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BREAKING TASKS DOWN
Task 1: Create a group e-zine ´The Amazing
World of Animals´
 Task 2: Keep a food diary for a week
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9HG8zUg
OE&feature=related – Water cycle
 Breaking tasks down
http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/younglearners/animals/project-amazing-world-ofanimals/
 http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/younglearners/science/food/pdf-content/foodgroups-lesson-plan/500705.article
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Thank you for your hard work.
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