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Martino, Al; Barnett, Harriet – Learning Languages, 2013
At present, Whole Language (WL) teachers DO teach reading as a part of their curriculum. However, the new common core learning standards set the stage for Foreign Language in Elementary Schools (FLES) teachers to take a more active role, if not lead the way in developing important reading skills in children. Although this new challenge may at…
Descriptors: Literacy, FLES, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Baker, Thomas – English Teaching Forum, 2008
This article discusses whole language and phonics approaches to teaching L1 reading. It argues to bring these two perspectives together under an integrated approach to better teach second language reading. The article offers an integrated lesson plan with adaptable activities and techniques that show how to apply the integrated approach.
Descriptors: Reading Research, Lesson Plans, Whole Language Approach, Phonics
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Malik, Stephanie – Volta Review, 1996
Discusses a whole-language approach to teaching guided reading to deaf students. Each morning, a written letter, using vocabulary and syntax in accordance with students' reading ability, previews the day's events. With teacher guidance, students explore their reading skills in groups to encourage application of reading strategies in a natural…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Group Activities, Reading Instruction
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Harmon, Janis M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Explores vocabulary-learning opportunities in a seventh-grade literature-based reading program. Discusses how this program supported vocabulary teaching and learning both explicitly and implicitly, and shows how varying classroom configurations expanded learners' word knowledge and enhanced their word-learning abilities. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
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Au, Kathryn H. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1997
Discusses the whole literacy curriculum, which encompasses ownership, the writing process, reading comprehension, language and vocabulary knowledge, word reading and spelling strategies, voluntary reading. Outcomes of a five-year implementation effort in Hawaii indicate curriculum can improve literacy achievement of students of diverse…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Elementary Education