LINGUISTIC RELEVANCE OF SCAFFOLDS AND FICTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
Keywords:
linguistics, scaffolds, fiction, assistance, young peopleAbstract
This paper considered the linguistic relevance of scaffolds and fiction among young people. It considered how the young people could be helped with the use of scaffolds at different levels to teach or instruct them either in school or society concerning importance of linguistics in fiction. Through fiction, the young ones could be helped to improve upon their linguistic challenges using scaffolds as they receive assistance from more knowledgeable people until they could carry out difficult task on their own. This is done in relation to Zone of Proximal Development. The four skills of language, importance of fiction, problems encountered by young people can be resolved with the help of this study. The teachers in schools, parents, peers can act as teachers or guides to help the young ones or students create interest in fiction. Through fiction, the moral values of the society will be respected by our young people and help to mold and remould their lives and thereby helping our society and our nation to be devoid of moral decadences at different levels.
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