Whole-Language

Whole-Language

1. 1980 by U.S. Educators

2. Abilities: READING AND WRITING

3. Characteristics

   • It has focused on teaching the separate componennts of language: Grammar, Vocabulary and word recognition
   • The Whole Language prmove that the language should be taught as a whole.
   • It should be develop to hlep young childre, because it is the perfect age.
   • Whole Language is underlying in the humanistic and constructivist schools.
   • The teacher is a facilitator and active participant in the learning community rather.

4. Weaknesses

   • Some people can think about thai method is a philosophy or belief and not all childre can learn with this way .
   • It can develop interactions for egocentric speech or thinking.

5. Strengths

   • Learning to read and write naturally with a focus on real conmunication.
   • It uses an interactional perspective taking in consideration the human relationship between readers and writers.
   • It uses to read real texts of high interest.
   • It integrates reading, writing and other skills.
   • The lerrner is a collaborator in the process, also they are evaluators of the learning.