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Instructor, 1990
Several reading experts comment on the whole language approach to teaching reading and on the whole language debate. Topics include definitions of whole language, characteristics, justifications, shortcomings, and critiques. (IAH)
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Reading Instruction
Trione, Verdun – Instructor, 1972
Teachers should not try to impose on children the language of adults, but they can provide models for them to grow naturally into as they become adults. The child knows his language when he comes to school, and the teacher should try to build on what he knows, not blunder into opposition to it. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
