GROUP 6

COORDINATOR: LABANDERA, REGINE

SALIOT, ANGEL

TEVES, RHEA MAE

RENDON, MARY LOU

ON LANGUAGE, ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

What is ZPD?

- It is developed by a soviet psychologist and social constructivists Lev S.

Vygotsky in 1896-1934
- It is a distance between what the learner already knows independently and his
potential for development with the help of someone else. (Englert et. al. 1994)
- ZPD represents what we can do with the help of an adult, a friend,technology or
the more knowledgeable other

BEFORE TEACHING AFTER TEACHING

CAN DO
CAN DO

CAN DO WITH HELP

Can’t do Can’t do

- Vygotsky viewed language as an essential tool for communication and that

culture and behaviour was understood through language.
- Vygotsky’s theory says that social interactions help children develop their ability
to use language.
LEV S. VYGOTSKY
3 stages/forms of language in the development process.

 Social speech- communication between children and others (usually from the
age of 2)
 Private speech- private speech that is directed to the self but has not yet been
internalised (usually from the age of 3)
 Silent inner speech- a child’s internal monologue (usually from the age of 7)

REFERENCES

- Englert, C. S., Rozendal, M. S., & Mariage, M. (1994). Fostering the search for
understanding: A teacher’s strategies for leading cognitive development in
“zones of proximal development”. Learning Disability Quarterly , 17(3). 187-204
- Wass,R., & Golding C. (2014). Sharpening a tool for teaching: the zone of
proximal development. Teaching in higher education, 19(6), 671-684.
- Zone of Proximal Development https://youtu.be/djk8aYPbolk?
si=nbNL7Vv3yBMosGqu
- Lev Vygotsky’s Theory Of Child Development
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://
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