Scaffolding examples teaching: ESL teacher modeling new language

Scaffolding Examples in Teaching: 15 ESL Techniques

Scaffolding examples in teaching are the small supports a teacher builds around a difficult task — a sentence frame, a model dialogue, a partial gap-fill — so a student can attempt language slightly above their current level without freezing. Done well, scaffolding gets a student to produce something they could not produce yesterday. Done badly,…