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VYGOTSKY AND PIAGET: THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE
6.1 Vocabulary paraphrasing at sentence level A Study the words in the blue box.
1 Copy and complete the table. Put the words in one or more boxes in each case.
2 Add affixes to make words for the empty boxes. (Some will not be possible.)
3 What is the special meaning of each word in psychology?
4 Find a synonym for each word.
5 Group the words in the blue box according to their stress pattern.
B Study the pictures on the opposite page. Discuss these questions using words from Exercise A.
1 Look at Picture 1 on the opposite page. What does the picture show? What do you know about cognitive development?
2 Look at Pictures 2 and 3. What concept does each diagram illustrate?
3 Look at Pictures 5 and 6. What do these learning situations have in common?
C Student A has written about the development of cognitive skills, but there are some mistakes.
Change the blue words so that the sentences are true.
D Student B has also written about the development of cognitive skills. Match each sentence with a corrected
sentence from Exercise C. E Look at Pictures 1 and 4 on the opposite page.
1 Write a paragraph comparing the learning situations in these pictures.
2 Exchange your paragraph with your partner.
3 Rewrite your partner’s sentences in your own words.
F Think about the advantages and disadvantages of learning in a group.
1 Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of learning in a group. Write a short paragraph about them.
2 Write your paragraph again, using different words. 46 Student A
1 Cognitive skills are developed through imitation.
2 No social information is necessary for the development of linguistic skills.
3 Children need an apprentice to help them understand new ideas.
4 The human brain cannot make space for new information.
5 Children disperse knowledge by interacting with their environment.
Student B
a Fresh knowledge causes the brain to adjust its cognitive structures.
b By testing different theories, children gain a new understanding of their surroundings.
c Trial and error is a means of evolving new thought processes.
d Language is acquired in the context of a community.
e A guide is an important part of children’s learning processes.
accommodate accumulate acquire cognitive construct
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develop experiment mentor peer proximal
schema stable zone Noun Verb accommodation accommodate Adjective
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