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Download full textCrandall, JoAnn, Ed.; Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Ed. – 1993
This book focuses on functional and holistic approaches to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy, including competency-based education; whole language, language experience, and Freirean or participatory; and writing-based programs that result in published materials to be read by other adults. Chapter 1, "Literacy Through a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach
Levenson, Stanley – 1969
Children exposed to the Language Experience Approach are able to conceptualize that what they think about they can say; what they say can be written or dictated to the teacher; what has been written can be read; and that they can read what they have written, and what others have written for them to read. It is recommended that a child first begin…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Kirkland, Eleanor R. – 1980
A rationale and procedures for teaching limited and non-English speaking children to read and write English by using the language experience approach are presented in this paper. The paper suggests that the language experience approach combined with a strong program in oral English development will provide such children with the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach
Ringel, Harry; Smith, Jeanne H. – 1989
This guide to the instruction of English as a Second Language (ESL) using the Language Experience Approach (LEA) consists of two parts: an instructional guide, to be used as a tool for training instructors to use the LEA approach, and a collection of 30 lessons using stories produced by students and student groups using LEA in ESL classes. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans
Rigg, Pat – 1977
The language experience approach (LEA) has been used successfully with students who are beginning to read in English as a second language. In an LEA lesson the teacher can elicit students' comments on a wordless picture book, transcribe students' sentences, read the resultant story aloud (or have the class read it), and have the story copied.…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar
Manzo, Anthony V. – 1979
The Language Shaping Paradigm (LSP) is designed to help improve student language and comprehension by evoking a sample of language and aiding students in a critical review of their personal patterns of language, comprehension, and thought. The basic teaching strategy is built upon having students read essays written or dictated by classmates. Each…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peyton, Joy; Crandall, JoAnn – 1995
Five approaches currently used in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy instruction are described. A group of strategies developed by Paulo Freire are participatory or learner-centered, and revolve around the discussion of issues drawn from learners' real-life experiences. The Whole Language Approach, more than a specific method or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education, Educational Philosophy
