Language Experience Approach

Language Experience Approach

1. personalizing group stories

   • identify name of each contributor

2. an individual approach

   • maintaining child's dignity and self concept is of primary importance
   • often starts as a picture
     • child dictates what the pictures is

3. other uses for the language experience approach

   • compose booklets
   • thank you notes
   • letter
   • invitation
   • recipes
   • set of directions for computer
   • class rules
   • charts
   • lists
   • captions
   • diaries
   • plays
   • shared writing

4. advantages and disadvantages of language experience approach

   • advantages
     • builds on children's language and experience
     • by sharing experiences students have opportunity to learn about each other
   • disadvantages
     • reading will be limited to child's experiences

5. adapting the language experience approach

   • should not be the sole approach to reading instruction
   • makes excellent supplement to any other approach