Reading for week twelve

Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, who developed the idea of Zone of Proximal Development (ZDP). "Teaching, he urged, must aim not at today's but at tomorrow's development..." (P&B 100). I think this is very critical in planning out a syllabus. A teacher has to plan ahead and analyze how each lesson will progress and utilize past lessons to support future lessons. Also this planning can ensure that the students are not overwhelmed with a topic or theme that they do not have any background knowledge in. I think this is very important in supporting a student's learning and development as an ELL.

SDAIE=Specifically designed academic instruction. I personally believe that all class should be specifically designed based on students needs, desires, goals and classroom resources. I do not think this term should be only used to describe content based instruction, rather i think this term can be used in much more broader sense.