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Peer reviewedBest, 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
Download full textLivingston, Carol; Taylor, Nancy – 1992
This paper considers the status and potential of researcher-practitioner collaboration toward higher literacy through a restructured curriculum based on the whole language philosophy. Specifically, it examines the status, contribution, and potential of the dialogue in a whole language topical session on the School Renewal Network, an electronic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Information Networks, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedKiefer, Barbara – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Discusses literature-based classrooms and influences on students' reading habits. Highlights include beliefs about learning and teaching, including a comparison of the transmission model and the transactional model of education; the importance of literary experiences for language development and literacy learning, including phonological…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Learning Theories, Literacy
Peer reviewedWeaver, Constance – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This paper discusses major principles characterizing the whole language philosophy of teaching and learning; assumptions of the mechanistic and relational paradigms; whole language practices such as the Shared Book Experience and Reading Recovery for helping students with reading difficulties; and the potential of whole language for developing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Principles, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Witucki, Rose M. – 1999
With the introduction of the "whole language" approach to literacy and an emphasis on "across the curriculum" learning, the effective instruction of writing has taken on an added importance during the past two decades in California. Recent public demands for a "back to basics" school curriculum where the mastering of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedGerner de Garcia, Barbara A. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1995
Immigrant deaf students face multiple challenges in school as they frequently learn two new languages simultaneously: English and American Sign Language. Some have limited or no formal schooling experience. Describes units of study--one for Spanish-literate middle school students and one for elementary students with limited literacy skills--that…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Deafness, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
