One could imagine that using digital tools was an additional learning experience for the students in itself. Recent literature has also shown that being able to recognize what can be improved requires being trained to do so. As such, students watching themselves on video could not yield possible improvements that could be made, because noticing them also requires a learning process. It could also be hypothesized that compared to university students, elementary school students are less able to seize the benefit of video recording as a peer and self-evaluation tool. In addition, they had to manage their image, which was an extra effort as well, due to intimidation and possible lack of confidence in front of the camera, although students may have a positive attitude toward videos. One could therefore claim, but obviously without being certain, that a related form of learning took place: the management of technologies for learning, and the management of one’s image.

Some authors deepen the understanding of scaffolding from the perspective of sociocultural learning theories, highlighting it as a form of dialogic and adaptive mediation that emerges through interaction between learners and more experienced interlocutors. Scaffolding is presented as an essential pedagogical tool that enables learners to perform linguistic tasks that are not yet within their autonomous reach, as long as they fall within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The support provided is responsive to the learner’s momentary needs and should be gradually withdrawn as the learner becomes more competent.

What distinguishes these authors’ approach is their view of scaffolding not as mere assisted instruction, but as a dynamic process of co-constructing meaning in socially situated contexts. They emphasize that in order to foster genuine linguistic development, teaching must go beyond the transmission of grammatical rules and actively create opportunities for authentic language use, where error and negotiation are integral to the learning process. Thus, scaffolding becomes a link between participation, interaction, and development, enabling learners to appropriate language as a cultural tool.