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Trumper-Hecht, Nira – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 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…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Peer reviewedLinn, Jeffrey B. – Social Science Record, 1990
Argues that a whole-language approach can help bring social studies to life for students. Explains that the arrangement of terms into a web or map that shows the terms' interrelationships and is one way of using the whole-language approach. Provides guidelines for thematic instruction and a list of potential themes. (SG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHsu, Yuehkuei – 1994
A review of the literature focuses on the use of the whole language approach to second language teaching in reading instruction for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). First, research on the whole language approach is explored, particularly as it has been used to teach reading. The approach itself is explained, and growth in its use is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
Lamb, Holly; Best, Diane L. – 1990
It is proposed that through the use of whole language techniques, an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher can incorporate holistic language situations into the ESL classroom and advance the student's acquisition of a second language. Whole language techniques such as spontaneous conversation, brainstorming with semantic maps, dialogue…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialog Journals
Daise, Leslie – 1994
The whole language approach to reading instruction emphasizes a literature-based program rather than the traditional skills-related approach. The principles and practices of whole language have engendered both educational and political debate for the following reasons: whole language challenges the traditional educational power arrangement, giving…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
PDF pending restorationJohns, Kenneth M.; Espinoza, Connie – 1992
This guide, designed for regular classroom teachers in whose mainstream classes language-minority children are enrolled, offers background information and suggestions for helping these students become proficient in English reading and writing and for involving them as resources for global and cultural awareness in majority-language classmates. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Cooperative Learning
