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Peer reviewedRittenhouse, Robert K.; Freeman, Shirley – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1991
A model is offered for building the vocabulary skills of students with deafness or hearing impairments. The model is based on Piaget's theoretical concepts of assimilation and accommodation. The model presents six sequenced steps for learning new vocabulary and suggests using the Language Experience approach, environmental print, predictable…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Experience Approach, Models
Dixon, Carol; Nessel, Denise – 1983
The Language Experience Approach (LEA) to teaching reading in English as a second language is described. LEA uses the student's own experiences, vocabulary, and language patterns to create texts for reading instruction. Three stages are defined for assessing learners' levels of language use. The LEA instructional procedures are designed to be…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach, Language Skills, Reading Instruction
Bear, Donald R. – 1987
Designed to instruct adult literacy teachers in using Language-Experience and Oral History techniques and distributed statewide to teachers in Nevada, this manual presents reading materials, diagnostic packages, and guidelines for adult literacy program organization. The first of three chapters begins with an introduction to the manual, and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Case Studies
