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Peer reviewedWurr, Adrian J. – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2002
Reviews basic procedures and theories supporting the Language Experience Approach as it applies to second language learning and literacy instruction. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedEsling, John; Downing, John – TESL Canada Journal, 1986
Examination of cognitive prerequisites for the acquisition of reading skills identified two kinds of conceptual representations of language activities--functional and technical concepts. English-as-a-second-language students can transfer these concepts to second-language literacy, but attention must be given to orthographic coding principles of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach, Orthographic Symbols
Download full textZarrillo, James – 1987
This paper argues that literature-centered reading programs, based on the perspective that reading is the process of bringing meaning to print, are in the best interest of the language minority students in the nation's elementary schools. After a review of basal reading systems and language-centered reading programs, the paper describes the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies
