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Reading In A Second Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Report On Sociocultural Strategies For Reading Texts In The Elementary French Classroom, Kimberly Buescher
Reading In A Second Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Report On Sociocultural Strategies For Reading Texts In The Elementary French Classroom, Kimberly Buescher
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
This thesis focuses on reading in a second language (L2) classroom and specifically on Sociocultural strategies for reading texts in the elementary French classroom. This pedagogical report first outlines the theoretical basis of the two pedagogical experiences presented which include Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory of learning and development (SCT), specifically Cole’s (2003) Question-Asking-Reading (QAR) approach, traditional reading approaches and a literacy approach to teaching reading. The key concepts of SCT that influenced these pedagogical experiences include the zone of proximal development (ZPD), mediation, the shift from interpersonal to intrapersonal, prolepsis, and shared activities based on a specific division of labor. Cole’s …