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Allen, Elizabeth G.; Laminack, Lester L. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Provides ideas for implementing the language experience approach with first-grade students. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Experience Approach, Learning Activities
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Padak, Nancy D. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1990
Describes several language experience activities involving sports to create meaningful and motivating learning experiences for primary students. Urges educators to provide activities based on students' interests to provide frameworks for the integration of reading, writing, and learning. (MG)
Descriptors: Athletics, Language Experience Approach, Learning Activities, Learning Experience
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Reeder, Kenneth – English Education, 1982
Reviews current theories of language teaching and learning. Considers thinking and problem solving as the impetus to linguistic growth and change. Encourages teachers to devise genuine problem solving tasks for young children that begin by observing/examining and end in expression through writing. (RL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education
Robson, Ed; And Others – 1990
This revised edition, based on literacy programs in Michigan, was written to reflect changing trends in reading and literacy in a book that can be used to train volunteer tutors, as well as by tutors and students together in weekly sessions. The book is organized in eight sections. The first section differentiates literacy and reading and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Resources
Willoughby, Mary; Walsh, Susan, Ed. – 1991
This manual was developed to help trainers and volunteer coordinators prepare volunteers who tutor adults in basic skills. It is based on 9 of the 11 workshops presented at a Training the Trainer conference in Colorado. Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 6 provide background information for training. Chapters 3, 5, and 7-9 provide materials for presenting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Language Experience Approach
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
Piper, Terry – 1986
A second grade teacher's use of storytelling to teach English language skills to both native speakers and learners of English as a second language (ESL) is described. The technique combines the concept of comprehensible input, the importance of stories and storytelling to children, and a commitment to teaching writing skills. Early in the day, all…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grade 2
Ellowitch, Azi – 1986
The curriculum materials in this guide are drawn mainly from in-depth interviews with six persons, five of whom live in the Germantown or Logan sections of Philadelphia and all of whom represent some of the diverse cultural backgrounds found in these two neighborhoods. In addition to the stories of these six persons, six additional stories present…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Background, Curriculum
Hobson, Eric; Shuman, R. Baird – 1990
Arguing that students should be encouraged frequently to listen, to speak, to read, and to write in all areas of the curriculum and to begin asking the questions that reveal the dependence that exists between various bodies of knowledge, this book is based on the whole-language theory. The book is designed not only to help students learn such…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, High Schools
Fisher, Bobbi – 1998
Applying the conditions of natural learning to create caring kindergarten classroom environments may support students as lifelong learners. This book presents a natural learning classroom model for implementing a whole-language approach in kindergarten. The chapters are as follows: (1) "My Beliefs about How Children Learn"; (2) "Applying Whole…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play