Scaffolding - How to become the architect of your learning process
How to build bridges between what you can do and what you can't
2021-08-25 28 min
Description & Show Notes
Today's podcast episode is based on my blogpost "Die Scaffolding-Methode: Bau dir deinen Lernprozess."
Have you ever experienced a situation where you were trying to solve a problem and someone just asked you a question, or recommended a book, or showed you a simple trick - and you had the solution?
That's a form of scaffolding - something that helps you to move from where you are to where you want to be. Sometimes scaffolding can feel obvious - like when you are leaving the satnav switched on, but leave it on silent - because you know the route, but you are not 100% sure that you will not need a reminder.
And sometimes scaffolding can feel like a magic trick, like when someone asks you a question that seems simple, but nevertheless moves your thinking in a direction that helps you to solve your problem.
Today I will talk about scaffolding for language learners:
What is scaffolding?
And why is it so useful for adult learners?
What does it look like? (an example)
And how do you move on from it?
The original blog post:
"Die Scaffolding-Methode: Bau dir deinen Lernprozess."
https://thelanguagepig.com/scaffolding-methode/
https://thelanguagepig.com/scaffolding-methode/
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