What Is WL and What Has It Got To Do with EFL Teaching?.

Trumper-Hecht, Nira

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ERIC Number: EJ561240

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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What Is WL and What Has It Got To Do with EFL Teaching?

Trumper-Hecht, Nira

English Teachers' Journal (Israel), n51 p38-40 Dec 1997

Criticisms of the whole-language approach (WL) to English-as-a-Second-language teaching are addressed, focusing on concerns about reading and grammar instruction. Criticism of grammar instruction is refuted, arguing that WL does not view grammatical knowledge as prerequisite to language use. A modification of the WL approach to reading instruction adopted in an Israeli program is described. (MSE)

Descriptors: Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Usage, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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