Whole Language

Whole Language

1. Background

   • In United States
   • On 1980´s
     • Created to help young children learn to read
       • It is a theorical instructional teaching process
   • American's eduacators

2. Theory of Language

   • Language is a whole
   • A person creates mental skills to develop language

3. Theory of Learning

   • students create knowledge through reading and comprehension
     • Grammar
     • Expresions

4. Reading Process (stages)

5. Methodology

   • Constructivism
     • Teacher's role
       • facilitator
       • guide
     • Leraner's role
       • collaborators
       • evaluators
       • selectors

6. Syllabus

   • Based on real situations
   • what the student's needs to comunicate

7. Material and Resources

   • Newspapers
   • Literature Books
   • Letters
   • Signal and symbols

8. Activities

   • Are focus on reading and writing skills
     • For Example:
       • reading: literature
       • writing: portfolios, books, conferences

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