Hello, This is a bit off the topic, but it does have to do with oral proficiency. Can anyone recommend some resources with practical conversation hands on activities for tutors (one-on-one and small group) situations? I would really appreciate your response.
Maria
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  From: Andrea Wilder 
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  Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:25 PM
  Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4819] Re: Multiple discourses


  OK, here is my understanding.



  Scaffolding = comes from the idea that knowledge is constructed and that one of the teacher's jobs is to support the student's learning quite directly, that is, often by talking a student through a problem.  Vygotsky terminology


  Register = ways of speaking and writing adapted to different occasions, e.g., a thank you note, a grocery list, an essay.


  Andrea




  On Sep 3, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Steve Kaufmann wrote:


    I am not familiar with this specialist terminology. Is is possible to express the same concepts in terms that are easily understood by a lay person?

    Steve


    On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Michael Gyori <tesolmichael at yahoo.com> wrote:

      Greetings everyone,

      We are presumably all familiar with the importance of scaffolding in instruction, i.e. building upon our learners' background knowledge.  Registers are associated with real-life domains.  We need to work on helping those domains take on a life of their own, so to speak, and the register will then be context-embedded and more meaningful, thus easier to learn and use rather than residing in the "abstract."

      Michael
       
      Michael A. Gyori 

      Maui International Language School 

      www.mauilanguage.com









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