EDUC2716 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Metalinguistic Awareness, Situated Learning, Socratic Questioning
Week 11 Lecture
Language
Forms:
Individual or psychological construction
Social or group construction (MKO)
Knowledge has to come from somewhere
A particular context
Curiosity and motivation – intrinsic or triggered by environmental stimulus
Social construction:
Builds on what is already known
Situated or general
Socratic seminars or Socratic questioning – based on dialogue
Discourse:
Becoming more critical and knowledgeable
Used by both the student and the teacher – language in Practice
Differences between the stages of development
Influence what language is used in schools
Language and Culture:
Learning takes place in CoPs
Situated learning – enculturation
Provides tools to help appropriate
Biological and experimental factors
Transforms over time
Metalinguistic awareness
Bilingual speakers – translanguaging (one to another language)
Vygotsky:
Dialogue different to discourse
Dialogue (exchange of how people see the world)
Discourse (certain understanding of how to respond, all agree upon)
Dialogue – plays a crucial part, needs to be negotiated, a thought rather than actual words
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