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Montgomery, Joel R. – Online Submission, 2008
This paper will compare the uses of selected formal and informal assessments of English language learners (ELLs) in the Language Experience class [TRANSLANGEXP7(&8)-008] at Kimball Middle School, Illinois School District U-46, Elgin, Illinois, during school year 2007- 2008. See figure 1 (page 14) for a graphic display of these assessments…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Second Language Learning, Language Enrichment, Language Experience Approach
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Best, Linda – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1991
Reviews the challenges that college-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs present to instructors and students. Offers suggestions for authentic language experiences in classroom settings. Analyzes the literature on language and literacy, whole language, and learning styles. Offers examples of thematic units tailored to elicit authentic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Experience Approach
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Yawkey, Thomas D.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1994
Details educational procedures basic to Title VII Academic Excellence Project P.I.A.G.E.T. (Promoting Intellectual Adaptation Given Experimental Transforming), a model disseminated nationally to agencies serving young culturally and linguistically diverse children. Notes that the procedures critical to the program's success were…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
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Ewoldt, Carolyn; Hammermeister, Frieda – American Annals of the Deaf, 1986
The Language Experience Approach (LEA) creates reading materials and writing opportunities through integrated use of the learner's language and experience. Individualized LEA involving a "dictation" approach (child dictates experience; teacher records and reads back experience) is beneficial for hearing-impaired students in terms of increased…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Experience Approach, Reading Improvement
Allen, R. R.; Kellner, Robert W. – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet deals with the integrated language arts curriculum. Noting the disparity between what is advocated for and what is practiced in language arts teaching, the first section of the booklet describes an integrated…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education