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Baumann, James F.; Ro, Jennifer Moon; Duffy-Hester, Ann M.; Hoffman, James V. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2000
Investigates how the perspectives of today's Leaders compare to the views of prominent Reading Specialists of the past by: (1) comparing how Specialists and Leaders addressed the three major themes of neo-traditional instruction, fadism and ideological debates, and professional development; and (2) noting issues ignored or downplayed by both…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Professional Development, Professional Personnel
Zajano, Nancy C.; Davidson, Amy B. – 1979
This final evaluation report of the Burrillville Reading Observes Necessary Communication Objectives and Skills (BRONCOS) project, a Right to Read program in Burrillville, Rhode Island, summarizes the results for each of the project's four general and ten specific objectives and describes the activities that have been carried out to accomplish…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation
Ben-Barka, Alba C. – 1982
An exploratory study of the feasibility of the Language Experience Approach (LEA) for teaching reading to semi-literate students of English as a second language (ESL) is presented. The instructional approach uses knowledge and interests from the students' own experience as the basis for teaching reading comprehension. The method was used with two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
Levin, Jill – 1988
This paper surveys methods for teaching reading and writing in kindergarten. The paper stresses the importance of accepting a child's own efforts, including invented spelling, and providing an atmosphere that encourages experimentation. Chapter 1 introduces the topic; chapter 2 provides a historical overview. The current state of the art is…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Methods, Kindergarten
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Baker, Graeme – Educational Review, 1980
Transcriptions of a teacher using the "look and say" method of teaching reading to her beginners grade are analyzed. Methodological problems are identified and related to the children's view of the reading process and to their views of themselves as learners. The language experience approach is also discussed. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Language Experience Approach
Pomerance, Anita – 1990
A pilot tutor training project, the Student-Tutor Orientation (STO), was designed to meet the need for making whole-language concepts of reading and writing instruction accessible to tutors as well as students through hands-on experience and for establishing a collaborative tutoring relationship in which students share in decision making.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Experience Approach, Literacy Education
Udoh, Imelda Icheji Lawrence – 1994
The educational and linguistic rationales for designing an adult English-as-a-Second-Language literacy program based on phonics are discussed, with specific reference to an Ibibio adult literacy program in Nigeria. An introductory section gives an overview of Nigerian policy and practice concerning literacy education. Next, the phonics approach to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, African Languages, Classroom Techniques
Zarrillo, James – 1987
This paper argues that literature-centered reading programs, based on the perspective that reading is the process of bringing meaning to print, are in the best interest of the language minority students in the nation's elementary schools. After a review of basal reading systems and language-centered reading programs, the paper describes the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies
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Johns, 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