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Krashen, Stephen – ESL Magazine, 1998
Examines why the whole-language approach to literacy development has failed, presenting several definitions of whole language, discussing some of the research on whole language and whether it works, and providing information about the impact of whole language in California (which suggests that California's reading-performance problems are not…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedKucer, Stephen B. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1999
Considers different responses of two third-grade bilingual students to an English whole-language literacy curriculum. Examines how the students resisted, appropriated, and/or internalized a whole-language curriculum. Discusses the relationship between student curricular interactions and their literacy development. (SC)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 3, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedLim, Hwa-Ja Lee; Watson, Dorothy J. – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes a summer school English-as-a-Second-Language classroom that uses a content-rich whole language curriculum. Highlights experiences that were successful in facilitating literacy development, including reading experiences, writing experiences, talking and reading, and talking and writing. Discusses the effectiveness of the instructional…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
Download full textLiteracy Across Cultures, 1997
This document consists of the two issues published during 1997 of the newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching's national special interest group (N-SIG) on foreign language literacy. The major articles in these two issues are: "How To Develop Reading-To-Do Skills in Engineering Education" (Esko Johnson); "Key…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Context Clues, Educational Strategies
The Whole Language Approach in the FLES Classroom: Adapting Strategies to Teach Reading and Writing.
Peer reviewedRedmond, Mary Lynn – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Discusses the development and implementation of an instructional unit that applies selected whole language strategies to teach reading and writing in the beginning stages of literacy in French. The unit shows how an authentic folktale can be used for integrating topics from the elementary curriculum to form a second-language curriculum for an…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Folk Culture, French
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1995
This series of 24 magazines offers readings in Spanish on literacy, education problems, psycholinguistics, expository writing, and reading behavior. The magazine's editorial committee includes representatives from Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, the United States, Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain. Articles concern literacy issues of both…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Writing, Elementary School Students
Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – 2000
This paper explores the whole language approach to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in the context of gender issues. More specifically, this study is focused on teaching ESL to university freshman in Taiwan. The whole language approach is used for two reasons: language can best be learned when it kept as a whole--especially with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Silberstein, Sandra, Ed. – 1993
A collection of essays for the 25th anniversary of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) addresses both theory and practice in the field of English-as-a-Second-Language teaching. Articles include: "Internationalism and Our 'Strenuous Family'"; "TESOL at Twenty-Five: What Are the Issues?";…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics
