1. VYGOTSKY AND THE
ROLE OF
LANGUAGE.
Practice II: Didactics of ELT & Practicum at Primary
School level.
Mailén Cuello Torres
Sofía Martins

2. VYGOTSKY’S LIFE:
Born in1896 in Orsha (Russian
Empire).
 Degree in law in 1917.
Formal work in psychology:
1924.
 Died of tuberculosis in 1934.

3. LANGUAGE:
 To describe the world
 As a thinking tool
 To play with it internally:
 to understand the world.

4. ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT:
 Learning in a social environment:
 Social activity
 Children learn from people
 Language makes interaction
possible
 Critical interaction to the way
they learn.

5. ZPD
 Tasks beyond their ability.
“The distance between the actual
developmental level and the level
of potential development”.
Parents and teachers can foster
learning.