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Peer reviewedNorris, Janet A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article presents strategies, including communicative reading strategies, to facilitate holistic language learning in young children with language and learning disorders. Strategies include pairing oral and written language and using preparatory sets, semantic maps, flowcharts, and theme building. An example of narrative discourse demonstrates…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedWestby, Carol E.; Costlow, Linda – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
A program for language learning-disabled students is described that uses a whole language philosophy to structure contexts that develop students' pragmatic, semantic, syntactic, graphophonemic, and metacognitive abilities underlying speaking, listening, reading, and writing. This paper describes the program environment, children, thematic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Handicaps, Listening Skills, Literacy Education
