the application of scaffolding theory in college english reading teaching

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1、TheApplicationofScaffoldingTheoryinCollegeEnglishReadingTeaching　　【Abstract】ReadingteachingplaysanimportantroleEnglishteaching，andhowtopromotetheEnglishteachingperformancehasbeenanessentialsubjectconfrontingEnglishteachers.ScaffoldingTheoryderivesfromVygotsky’szoneofproximaldevelopment（ZPD），w

2、hichhasbecomeanewteachingstrategyforthesecondlanguageteaching.　　【Keywords】Application；ScaffoldingTheory　　1.Introduction　　Asanessentialpartforlanguageinputaswellasthelanguageskills，EnglishreadingplaysanleadingroleinEnglishteaching.Inthemeanwhile，theteachingofEnglishreadingservesasboththekeyspo

3、intandthedifficultpointforEnglishteaching.TheteachingofEnglishreadinghasbeenoneofthemostfundamentalpartsforEnglishteaching，whosesignificanceforthecultivationofstudents’Englishabilityhasalsobeenstressed.　　2.TheScaffoldingTheory　　Scaffoldingiscommonlyacceptedasaneffectiveteachingstrategyinthese

4、condlanguageteachingfield.Scaffoldingservesasatemporaryandadjustableassistancetolearnerswhichmakeispossibleforlearnerstocompleterelevanttasksandachievetheirstudyobjectives.Suchobjectivesareusuallybeyondlearners’abilityandthusimpossibletoachievewithoutthescaffoldingsupport.　　2.1TheDefinitionof

5、ScaffoldingTheory　　Insecondlanguageacquisitionstudy，scaffoldingisregardedasausefultooltopromotesuccessfulcommunication.AccordingtoMcKay（2006，p.17），teachersemployedscaffoldingasateachingmethodto“givechildrencognitivesupportandlanguagesupport，usuallybytalkingthroughataskwithchildrenandthushelpi

6、ngthemlearn”.ThetheoreticalfoundationofscaffoldingderivesfromVygotsky’szoneofproximaldevelopment（ZPD）.AccordingtoVygotsky（1978，p.86），ZPDis“thedistancebetweentheactualdevelopmentallevelasdeterminedbyindependentproblemsolvingandthelevelofpotentialdevelopmentasdeterminedthroughproblemsolvingunde

7、radultguidanceorincollaborationwithmorecapablepeers”.　　2.2PrinciplesofScaffolding　　Theapplicationofscaffolding，accordingtoVanLier（citedinBarnard&Campbell，2005），complieswithsixprinciples，whichinvolve：　　?Contextualsupport-asafebutchallengingenv