Exploring How Classroom Dialogue Impacts Language and Culture
It is widely known that learning a new language is beneficial for cognitive development, but now new research has found that classroom dialogue can also help to shape language and culture. Researchers from the University of Toronto have been studying how classroom conversation between teachers and students can shape the language used in the classroom, as well as the cultural norms. They found that classroom dialogue can be used to create a “cultural scaffold”, where students can learn the language and cultural norms of their peers. This scaffolding helps students to become more comfortable with the language, and more adept at understanding the cultural context and nuances of the language. The research also suggests that using classroom dialogue to create a cultural scaffold can help students to better understand the cultural context of the language they are learning.
source: Phys.org