These students have no pencils,

no paper, or standardized texts.

Someone must supply important
finances and provisions to this
school!
 Too much As the true
delay! The teacher, I
students will hope that
be at risk. everyone will
They need be able to do
to be a good job.
learning
now.
Then, we
must raise
funds.
How?
Teachers see
that students
Everyone wants
to grow up to be can not learn
the teacher! without
important
provisions!
 Let us 1. Textbooks and other learning materials
consider a that are necessary for motor development,
list of holistic learning, and student success:
--Paper --Pencils --Folders --Glue
essential
provisions. 2. Teaching Manuals

3. Library Books (some which may be lightly

noted in pencil)

4. Sufficient technological resources:

--Computers -- Computer Accessories

These
students Nobody needs to cry;
have no Nobody needs to be at risk!
computers;
they can’t These students need support!
watch this!
 Promoting Maximum Cognitive Growth

Scaffolding Internalization Inner Speech Self Speech

Cultural Literacy
Zone of proximal
Development
The “eternal
child” Vygotsky
did seek.

Vygotsky’s Transitional Theory

What Methods and Concepts of
Vygotskean Theory Work
Together to Promote Maximum
Let us
Cognitive Growth?
organize this
list in • Cultural Literacy
alphabetical
order • Inner Speech
•Internalization
•Scaffolding
• Self Speech
• Zone of Proximal Development
 Now, take a pencil and write down
each component in our list; and, will
some one please come to the
We must note each
element in our list,
chalkboard? I will try to be the
teacher at the
posing questions chalkboard.
that we may infer
from our notes,

transmitting
concepts
towards the I always
crucial tool of try to do
language. better.
 This family
Cultural Literacy is cultivating
Ethics and
begins through the child’s family semantics—
cultural
literacy
 These individuals
Cultural Literacy and students
interact to promote
through the global community global projects.
Inner Speech
Inner speech is not the
same as self-speech;
as I read to myself and
solve problems, I
engage in inner speech
and thought.
 Once we have I am thinking
“internalized” this about words.
information, we will Now I have new
test ourselves. thoughts.

Internalization
(Santiago-Delefosse & Delefosse, 2002, p. 732)

This language we are “internalizing” as

words disappear and give rise to thought.
 Scaffolding

The older
children who
already know
how to swim
are teaching the
younger
children to
swim.

Here is my chemistry
teacher. I hope to learn
chemistry very soon.
Self Speech
Babies engage in self speech or
egocentric dialogue that is not
When
yet distinguishable. They do not
someone tries
yet communicate through
to talk but is
developed language.
somehow too
immature to
communicate,
the individual
does engage in
self-speech.
At this time,
Vygotsky’s
“transitional
theory” is
evident.
Zone of proximal development

Notice the older

individual helping
the younger ones.
Zone of proximal development
The zone of
proximal
I am working with development is
older teachers the difference
who allow me to between the
child's capacity
sit in class as I to solve
begin to learn the problems on
periodic table his/her own,
and important and his/her
capacity to
concepts of solve them
chemistry with
assistance.
 Here is the test.
Yes, we both are
correctly solving and
I hope you
answering these organized all of
problems your notes.

1. When a family is cultivating Ethics

and semantics that may reach the
community or global level, one may note:

2. As an individual is engaging in
egocentric, indistinguishable dialogue,
illustrating immature consciousness
towards transition, that individual is
A. Zone of proximal development
engaging in:

3. A young student learning to B. Cultural literacy

achieve through direct assistance
provided by older caregivers, parents,
instructors, and peers is benefiting C. Inner speech
through:
4. As words disappear and give rise
to thought, language that one does
“internalize” is:
D. Scaffolding

5. Reflecting the capacity one has E. Internalization

to perform through assisted help in
contrast to unguided performance is F. Self-Speech
known as:
6. The development of complex thought
toward a higher consciousness, possibly
towards meta-cognition is known as:
 Do we understand these
concepts? Did we learn the
material? I congratulate you
On your efforts towards your
graduation!

Did we learn the material?

Here are the correct answers:

1. B
2. F
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. E
Vygotsky did seek the
“Eternal Child”
 Establishing Cultural Literacy
Egocentric language develops from a social base that
does not disappear. Assisting in the formation of
structured thought, it is transformed into internalized language,
becoming increasingly complex.

Child development is a progressive process of

individualization based on the essence of a given child.

Externalized language is not internalized language

that includes sound; rather, it is the product
of dynamic transformation.

Lev S. Vygotsky, 1934/1986

Santiago-Delefosse & Delefosse, 2002, p. 738
 We always
The Three Developmental and Interlocking Functions have more
to learn

3
2
1 Internalized
Egocentric
Communicative or Private
Language
Language Language
(spoken
to oneself)
Primary form Intimate
Autonomous
of language, Dialect
Function, helping
Present throughout the child to think,
Life develop orientation Evolutionary
and awareness Product of
Considered Egocentric
Intellectual function; Language
to be social Structure, Transitional With
verbal and Form similar to Syntactic
non-verbal Internalized
function
Language

Santiago-Delefosse & Delefosse, 2002, p. 732

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