ROLE OF SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES IN ENHANCING ENGLISH READING SKILLS AMONG FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

So far, the scaffolding activities are still considered as a tool to support in reading comprehension texts of English. In fact, the scaffolding is a process through which teacher helps students develop to function in the zone of proximal development as necessary. Although the scaffolding activities are now still being used to teach students to learn English at colleges and universities, these activities have improved English reading comprehension abilities for students, the role of these activities have not been studied.

From the fact of English teaching activity at the College of Economics and Techniques, this article refers to clarify some main contents of scaffolding activities applied to improve English reading comprehension abilities for students.