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Peer reviewedShanahan, Timothy – Educational Horizons, 1991
The whole language approach considers it essential to make learning active, to be respectful of teachers and learners, to allow students to develop ownership and control of their language and learning, and to use a variety of subjects together holistically. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, Holistic Approach, Language Acquisition
Download full textBlair, David Hunt – 1990
This paper describes an approach to using science activities as a means to teach English in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom. It is based on the author's work in Preparing Refugees for Elementary Programs (PREP) at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. Refugee children from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, ages 6 to 12, attend…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, English (Second Language)
Yamashiro, Amy D.; McLaughlin, John W. – 1999
This chapter explains the rationale and design of a communicative English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) course using a mock nongovernmental organization (NGO) forum simulation to encourage students to investigate global issues. Cooperative learning and global education share several common goals: cooperation, interdependence, mutual understanding,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cooperative Learning
