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Download full textResnick, Lauren B. – 1977
This report, the summary of a series of conferences on reading research, identifies two main theories about the nature of reading: (1) reading as translation, wherein printed symbols are translated into an approximation of oral language, so that the capabilities for understanding speech can be applied to written language, and (2) reading as an…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Zajano, Nancy C. – 1977
The BRONCOS reading improvement project is a Right to Read program operating in six Rhode Island schools (five public, one parochial), designed to improve the communication skills of 1,554 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The program was designed to accomplish a greater degree of individualized instruction. Existing reading programs…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Language Experience Approach, Parent Influence
PDF pending restorationCloer, Carl Thomas, Jr. – 1977
Elementary teachers should focus attention on language activities that involve naturally the reciprocal relationships among listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Teachers need to value, use, and make useful the background and language of all students, through a Language Experience Approach (LEA) in which students dictate and write about…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Enrichment, Language Experience Approach
Ciani, Alfred J., Ed. – 1981
Representing views on many facets of reluctant readers, the chapters in this book provide suggestions for working with students who function at a frustration level and those who have an aversion to reading. Specific topics discussed in the book's nine chapters are: (1) building language experiences for reluctant readers, (2) home remedies, (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; SERWER, BLANCHE L. – 1966
THE FIRST YEAR OF A 3-YEAR PROJECT ENTITLED "COMPARING READING APPROACHES IN FIRST GRADE TEACHING WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN" (CRAFT) IS REPORTED. CRAFT COMPARES A SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH WITH A LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO TEACHING READING. VARIATIONS OF THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH ARE THE BASAL READER METHOD AND THE PHONOVISUAL…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Experience Approach
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
Blass, Rosanne J.; And Others – 1979
Noting that the idea of reading as a natural language communication process has been well established by research, this paper identifies learning strategies and suggests teaching methods for developing the young child's awareness of the communication nature of reading. The paper concludes that learning strategies based on imitation, drawing, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
VanDongen, Richard D. – INSIGHTS into Open Education, 1979
To support young children in bringing all of their resources to bear on constructing meaning from print, teachers must be aware of how children learn, must make use of a variety of learning materials, and must carefully prepare the contextual setting in which children move into reading. Teachers should focus on planning a classroom reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Language Experience Approach, Learning Activities
Stauffer, Russell G.; Hammond, W. Dorsey – 1968
A comparison of the effects of a Language Arts Approach and a Basic Reader Approach when extended from grades 1 and 2 and applied in 22 third-grade classrooms is presented. The Language Arts or Language Experience Approach utilized children's oral language facility and experiences and their creative writing facility in the development of reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Creative Writing, Language Experience Approach, Oral Reading
Hall, MaryAnne – 1977
This book reviews the research literature relevant to the language experience approach to the teaching of reading, in which instruction is based upon the use of reading materials created by writing down children's spoken language. The first major section provides a narrative review of the research studies, organized, for the most part,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Experience Approach
Wells, Timothy Monroe – 1975
This investigation attempted to determine the feasibility of using selected wordless picture books and non-narrated films to facilitate reading achievement. The participating students transcribed oral language and written language about various aspects of the wordless picture books, and non-narrated films were used as the bases for reading…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Mallett, W. Graham – 1975
This study investigated the efficacy of the language experience approach (LEA) with native Indian remedial reading students at the junior high level in British Columbia. Gains of vocabulary and comprehension achievement, of attitude toward reading, and of writing achievement were compared between the language experience approach and typical…
Descriptors: American Indians, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Junior High Schools
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. – 1973
Part of the "Land of Enchantment" series of instructional materials, this very detailed teaching manual is designed to help teachers in bilingual programs prepare students to read Spanish. It contains suggestions for developing reading readiness skills and ways to teach a basic 30-word reading vocabulary. The reading program follows five steps:…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
Smith, Lewis B.; Morgan, Glen D. – 1973
Communication Skills Through Authorship (CSTA) is an initial and early reading program designed to complement any basal reading plan and based on the premise that a child will learn best to read what is important to him personally. Begun in Idaho schools in 1969-70, the program encourages each student to tape record many impressions, stories, or…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Early Reading
Peer reviewedEldridge, Bruce H. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Explains six instructional components, based on a psycholinguistic view of reading, for teaching the adolescent disabled reader to read. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach
