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Norris, Janet A.; Hoffman, Paul R. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1994
This article for speech language pathologists discusses theories of language learning and use that are consistent with whole language, including lexical contrast, connectionism, schemata, event representations, and parsing. Direct application is made to intervention, and examples of interactions between speech language pathologists and children…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition
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
Hennings, Dorothy Grant – 1997
Suggesting that teachers must develop a philosophy of language arts instruction to guide their teaching, this book provides teachers in language arts or combined language arts and reading courses with the knowledge base and practical ideas they need to plan and implement a literature-based language arts program in which children are actively…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Grammar
