Speech Problems Hamper Children s Reading Ability

â€Å"Speech problems hamper children’s reading ability†. There was a report from the Ofsted in which inspector visited one nursery and almost 30% of children have marked speech delay. That report suggests, teachers should put emphasis on teaching speaking and listening skills from an early age, otherwise those children struggles in learning to read and write in the future. (Richardson, 2011). In this assignment, I am going to analyze the classroom activity which is intended for primary school learners. Children are encouraged to learn about adjectives and to use them in sentences and story board writing. This activity engages students in group work and they come up with different sentences using the adjectives which are given by the teacher.†¦show more content†¦Vygotsky was a researcher and theorist in child development. He proposed a social development theory and according to him (1978: 57) â€Å" Every function in the child’s cultural development a ppears twice, first on the social level and later on the individual level; first, between people ( inter psychological) and then inside the child (intra psychological)†. According to him children do not develop through maturation alone but they develop through participation and involvement with social world and language plays important role for communication. It is developed and improved through social interactions. According to his theory children learn when they interact and communicate with teachers/parents and he referred to this as collaborative dialogue. Instructions are given to the child by parent or teacher; they understand it and regulate their performance. Vygotsky work was based on one of the important principle called Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). It is defined as â€Å"The distance between the actual development level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidan ce, or in collaboration with more capable peers†. (Vygotsky, 1978:86). In co-operative learning exercises, the task given by the teacher which is