Magda Jazmeen Moreno's Personal Definitions and Explanations.

    TASK 1A:  Definitions of Concepts.

Language: To me learning is a term which involve more that only linguistic aspects like connected words forming sentences, by other side, this include different kind of aspects such as verbal, cultural and social, this is because it’s one of many characteristics of any society, which expresses its identity, its function is to create communication for that is necessary those aspects to express ideas with same and understandable meaning for both.

Learning: Since my point of view, the learning is the result of process of experience and practice based in own comprehension and assimilation of different external stimuli which add more knowledges and have a function into real life and which join and complete with another previous knowledge discovering something in relation.  

Teaching: To me the teaching is not just the act to explain any topic and put exercises or activities, it's something more like to guide and orientate in a process which helps to students follow their own process and form their own learning, for this is necessary that teaching be appropriate, for that, to me the teaching is also the recognize and practice of more convenience methodologies in searching of a useful learning to future to students.

TASK 1B: Explanation of Vygotsky's Philosophy with examples.

Vygotsky as a representative of constructivism had a philosophy in relation with this movement, but he completed this with an important point which rename his philosophy to social constructivism, he emphasized the importance of a mix of different aspects not just linguistic, including the social interaction, which he expressed it like a relevant point to create a real learning also in relation with social environment, that influence the process, this is a difference of other representatives who did not give importance to environment cultural, in change he emphasized this, even also he gave importance to individuality and leadership of student in their own process of learning but in relation with interaction with others like cooperative process, a characteristic Vygotsky's term is Zone of Proximal Development and this means the distance between real knowledge and possible knowledge, in this term the interaction is evident because this zone is developed with the help of people with more knowledge or abilities like teacher and peers and this generates solidarity and enrichment of both parts.

EXAMPLE: As a learner of a foreign language I’ve had several experience that I recognized as methods of this theory such as:

• Discussions or debate made about a known and relevant topic to environment or community of learners, or relevant topic to their culturally acquired characteristics in english, the organization of this, It has been diverse, sometimes like a round table for example with a moderator (the teacher), and learners in group or individually and in the end each student writes the conclusions and important points that he/she got, this example is seen in relation with the Vygotsky's theory, taking account that there is social interaction in the development of this didactic and also encourages an own construction of learning of each student in special in the final part, where each student writes a summary of own conclusions or what was more significant.
• Collaborative works by phases, this is generally with maximum five students for a better communication into the group, they follow the phases as a road and in there is a relation of mutual learning, and who has more abilities helps and guide to the other peers in the process confirming their knowledge, in addition with orientation of teacher, in finally they have to do only one product by group generally with exposition in english of all group members to better recognition of improvements by themselves, this means more teamwork, learning of people with same or higher level, expressed it by Vygotsky in his philosophy of Zone of Proximal development.

References.

· Social Development theory (Lev Vygotsky). (s.f.). [Web Page]. Consulted in http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/social-development.html

Unit 1: Language, learning, and teaching – Chapter 1_ Language, learning and teaching. (s.f.). UNAD. Consulted in www.unad.edu.co, taken from http://datateca.unad.edu.co/contenidos/551018/2015/Contents/Chapter_1_-_Key_Concepts.pdf