HED4807 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 (578456) - DUE 30 July 2026

HED4807 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2026 (578456) - DUE 30 July 2026; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and explanations. For assistance, Whats-App 0.8.1..2.7.8..3.3.7.2. Ensure your success with us... HED4807 Honours in language education Assessment number: 03 Total marks: 60 Due date: 30 July 2026 INSTRUCTIONS: • The assessment consists of three (3) questions and five (5) pages. •Use the study material in the learning units and the guidelines site for this assessment. Cummins’ Quadrant Model explains how the cognitive demand of a task and the level of contextual support influence language learning, particularly for multilingual learners. Chart Permission: Courtesy of Nadia Prokopchuk, Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Saskatchewan Critically explain each of the four quadrants in Cummins’ Quadrant Model. Structure you answer as follows: • Analyse how cognitive demand and contextual support interact within each quadrant. • Evaluate the implications of each quadrant for teaching and learning in multilingual South African classrooms. Use a relevant classroom example for each quadrant. •Use the AI assessment scale to guide your use of AI in this assessment. •Employ a formal academic writing style and edit your work. Include references where appropriate and include a reference list. • Generic, decontextualised responses that demonstrate limited engagement with the specific assessment question, South African classroom realities, or personal teaching/learning experiences may be flagged for potential AI misuse and may not achieve above 50%. •The assessment must be submitted to Turnitin, follow the instructions on the module site. • Remember to accept the honesty declaration before you submit your assessment. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: You are able to show how theory influences teaching practice. You are able to critically evaluate how theory drives the process approach to teaching. You are able to reflect on you own language education philosophy. You are able to use AI according to the guidelines provided. Analyse the following classroom task and answer the questions. Grade 8 learners are given the following informational text with no visuals. They must read the text independently and write a paragraph summarising the key ideas. Title: Understanding the El Niño Weather Pattern El Niño is a natural weather pattern that affects many parts of the world. It happens in the Pacific Ocean, which is the largest ocean on Earth. During an El Niño event, the surface water in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than usual. This change in ocean temperature may seem small, but it can have a big impact on weather systems across the globe. Normally, trade winds push warm water towards the western Pacific, near countries like Australia and Indonesia. During El Niño, these winds become weaker or even change direction. As a result, warm water moves back towards the eastern Pacific, near South America. This shift affects rainfall, temperature, and weather patterns in different regions. El Niño can cause heavy rainfall and flooding in some areas, especially along the west coast of South America. At the same time, other regions, such as parts of southern Africa, may experience dry conditions and drought. These changes can affect farming, water supply, and food production. For example, farmers may struggle to grow crops if there is not enough rain, or if floods damage their fields. Design a scaffolding strategy for pre-reading that could move this task from Quadrant B to Quadrant A. For the strategy: 4 - Provide a clear description of how it would be implemented. - Incorporate multilingual practices (e.g. translanguaging) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). - Explain how the strategy increases contextual support and/or reduces cognitive demand. - Explain the theoretical frameworks that informed your strategies. - Critically evaluate the effectiveness and limitations of your strategy in a multilingual South African classroom context. In recent years, scientists have been closely monitoring signs of a new El Niño event. They use satellites, ocean measurements, and weather models to track changes in temperature and wind patterns. Understanding El Niño is important because it helps governments and communities prepare for possible extreme weather conditions. Although El Niño is a natural event, its effects can be more serious because of climate change. Warmer global temperatures can make weather patterns less predictable and more intense. This means that floods, droughts, and heatwaves may become stronger or happen more often. Learning about El Niño helps people understand how the ocean and atmosphere are connected. It also shows why it is important to plan ahead and protect communities from the impact of changing weather conditions. Synthesise the synergy between the planning/pre-writing phase and Jean Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental perspective. Specifically, explain how activities such as brainstorming and mind-mapping serve to activate a learner's schemata and connect new tasks to their prior knowledge. El Niño is a natural weather pattern that affects many parts of the world. It happens in the Pacific Ocean, which is the largest ocean on Earth. During an El Niño event, the surface water in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than usual. This change in ocean temperature may seem small, but it can have a big impact on weather systems across the globe. Normally, trade winds push warm water towards the western Pacific, near countries like Australia and Indonesia. During El Niño, these winds become weaker or even change direction. As a result, warm water moves back towards the eastern Pacific, near South America. This shift affects rainfall, temperature, and weather patterns in different regions. El Niño can cause heavy rainfall and flooding in some areas, especially along the west coast of South America. At the same time, other regions, such as parts of southern Africa, may experience dry conditions and drought. These changes can affect farming, water supply, and food production. For example, farmers may struggle to grow crops if there is not enough rain, or if floods damage their fields. Justify why this task is best classified as Quadrant B rather than other quadrants. Compare Quadrant B with at least one other quadrant to support your justification. Using the pre-reading stage of the process approach to teaching reading comprehension: Synthesise the synergy between the planning/pre-writing phase and Jean Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental perspective. Specifically, explain how activities such as brainstorming and mind-mapping serve to activate a learner's schemata and connect new tasks to their prior knowledge In recent years, scientists have been closely monitoring signs of a new El Niño event. They use satellites, ocean measurements, and weather models to track changes in temperature and wind patterns. Understanding El Niño is important because it helps governments and communities prepare for possible extreme weather conditions. Although El Niño is a natural event, its effects can be more serious because of climate change. Warmer global temperatures can make weather patterns less predictable and more intense. This means that floods, droughts, and heatwaves may become stronger or happen more often. Learning about El Niño helps people understand how the ocean and atmosphere are connected. It also shows why it is important to plan ahead and protect communities from the impact of changing weather conditions. This question requires you to critically reflect on your own language education philosophy. In assessment 2 you reflected on the language theory that informs your teaching philosophy. Reflect on how after completing assessment 3 your thinking has developed regarding the cognitive demand language learning can place on students and learners and how scaffolded learning, in all its forms, facilitate learning? What have you noticed in your own practice and/or your own learning how scaffolded teaching supports learning? Your reflection must include at least one specific incident, lesson, or learning experience that shaped your thinking. NO AI use This assessment is completed entirely without AI assistance. AI must not be used at any point during this assessment. Students rely solely on their own knowledge, understanding and skills. Indicators of AI misuse: Overly generic explanations Absence of South African or own classroom context Perfectly structured but surface-level textbook answers • No AI disclosure required. • May require an academic honesty pledge that AI was not used. • Consequences for using AI must be stated in the instructions Evaluate the drafting phase through the lens of Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural theory. Demonstrate how the use of peer-feedback and feedback from More Knowledgeable Others (MKOs)—such as teachers —acts as scaffolding to help the learner navigate their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Critically analyse the stages of the process approach as applied to writing and presenting (planning, drafting, and revising/editing).