Scaffolding as a specific pedagogical support for students studying a foreign language in university e-learning environment

Svetlana Sergeevna Mirontseva; Tatyana Alexandrovna Pavlova; Natalia Sergeevna Rogovenko; Irina Arturovna Semenkina

doi:10.30853/ped20230053

Original research article
March 31, 2023
Open access

Scaffolding as a specific pedagogical support for students studying a foreign language in university e-learning environment

S. S. Mirontseva
T. A. Pavlova
N. S. Rogovenko
I. A. Semenkina

Abstract

The aim of the study is to reason the usage of scaffolding as a specific kind of pedagogical support in university e-learning environment. The research paper describes the essence, functions, strategies and forms of pedagogical support of students learning a foreign language. The special features of foreign language training e-course based on scaffolding principles of e-learning environment are considered. The efficiency of teaching students according to scaffolding principles to develop foreign language communicative competence is examined by the example of using the e-learning course ‘Empower A2-B2’ in university e-learning environment ‘do.sevsu.ru’. The novelty of this study consists in the definition of the three main forms of scaffolding – individual scaffolding, affiliate scaffolding and computer-based scaffolding. As a result, the e-learning foreign language course ‘Empower A2-B2’ was worked out on scaffolding principles and introduced into the educational process of Sevastopol State University.

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