Scaffolding 3: more techniques

Other methodological strategies used in language learning are:

• Slow down speeches and oral expressions paired with appropriate gestures.

• Repeat structures doing emphasis in problematic parts with pronounced intonation.

• Take advantage of students feedback to redirect the speech.

• Use visual organisers to accompany and complete the explanations (schemes, mind maps, Ishikawa diagram, videos...).

• Communicative schemes and grammatical structures.

• Error correcting codes.

• Total Physical Response (TPR):

Students internalize and understand the meaning of words and grammatical structures trough the repetition of different movements and gestures that the teacher perform. Thereby, the learning and comprehension of the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs... becomes more dynamic, intuitive and easier. This is a key technique in the first years of children's education where reading and writing isn't developed yet. 

• Storytelling techniques: 

This refers to the use of stories or tales to communicate complex information in a more dynamic and motivational way. Storytelling appears as a useful tool to teach abstract concepts and ideas, introducing connections between them and students' interest and context.