involved in a dialogue with the "more knowledgeable other", through social interaction and sense-making
socio-constructivism
is a process of interaction between teachers, students, and content
lesson
materials available
input data
how effective?
learning results
what kind of arrangement
grouping
ability to produce sociolinguistically appropriate utterances
sociolinguistic competence
what for? why?
goals
steps and techniques
procedures and instructions
ability to produce coherent and cohesive utterances
discourse competence
a structure of "support points" for performing an action
scaffolding
ability to create grammatically correct utterances
grammatical competence
is an area of learning that occurs when a person is assisted by a teacher or peer with a higher skill set.
Zona de Desenvolvimento Proximal
ability to solve communication problems as they arise
stategic competence