Frontiers in Educational Research, 2024, 7(11); doi: 10.25236/FER.2024.071129.
Min Yang
School of Foreign Languages, Kunming University, Kunming, China
On the basis of social constructivism, scaffolding teaching focuses on the students’ self-construction and meaningful automatic learning under the guidance and assistance of the teacher. According to the theory, with the help of scaffolding, students gradually became skilled at mastering and internalizing knowledge and language skills. Taking ESP teaching as an example, the paper aims to explore how teachers can stimulate students’ initiative to gain new knowledge; therefore, students’ ESP consciousness, speech script writing and delivery skills, and learning confidence can benefit greatly from scaffolding instruction.
Scaffolding Theory, ESP Teaching, Application
Min Yang. The Application of Scaffolding Theory in English Public Speaking Classroom Teaching. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 11: 186-192. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.071129.
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