language eXPERIENCE APPROACH in Communication
The Language Experience Approach (LEA) was advocated by Roach Van Allen. The LEA approach is designed to develop comprehension skills essential for the development of reading. LEA is a whole language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language.
LEA Provides
1. Experience communication in various situations.
2. Study aspects of communication.
3. Relate the ideas of other to self.
Allen's work identified 20 essential language experiences that fall under a framework of 3 strands and occur through the development of four types of activities (Language Acquisition, Language Prediction, Language Recognition & Language Production).
Strand One: Experiencing Communication
Strand Two: Studying Communication
Strand Three: Relating Communication
Allen's work doesn't necessarily develop the LEA but implements it instead. It works best with whole-class or individual instruction for students of all ages and abilities. In addition, Allen created a framework of an instructional schedule that is characterized by direct and indirect teaching which consists of three teaching procedures.
3 Teaching Procedures
Resources
http://family.wikinut.com/The-Language-Experience-Approach-Magical-Reading-Readiness-Learning!/1ri6xdd4/
http://www.ehow.com/info_10062615_language-experience-approach-activities.html
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2008/05/language-experience-approach-lea.html
Video: Talks about LEA and strategies that go along with it.
LEA Provides
1. Experience communication in various situations.
2. Study aspects of communication.
3. Relate the ideas of other to self.
Allen's work identified 20 essential language experiences that fall under a framework of 3 strands and occur through the development of four types of activities (Language Acquisition, Language Prediction, Language Recognition & Language Production).
Strand One: Experiencing Communication
- Oral sharing of ideas
- Visual portrayal of experiences
- Dramatization of experiences
- Responding rhythmically
- Discussing and conversing
- Exploring writing
- Authoring individual books
Strand Two: Studying Communication
- Recognizing high-frequency words
- Exploring spelling
- Studying style and words
- Studying language structure
- Extending vocabularies
- Reading non-alphabetic symbols
Strand Three: Relating Communication
- Listening to and reading language of others
- Comprehending what is head and read
- Organizing ideas
- Assimilating and integrating ideas
- Searching out and researching multiple sources
- Responding in personal ways
- Evaluating communication of others
Allen's work doesn't necessarily develop the LEA but implements it instead. It works best with whole-class or individual instruction for students of all ages and abilities. In addition, Allen created a framework of an instructional schedule that is characterized by direct and indirect teaching which consists of three teaching procedures.
3 Teaching Procedures
- Patterns of Teacher-Pupil Interaction- depends upon the nature of the activity. Examples are reading aloud to or by children, children working, reading, or playing games with each other and helping with spelling or word recognition.
- Learning Centers- to meet the specific needs of approach. Examples of center: strand learning, discussion, discovery, dramatization, reading research, writing/publishing and arts and crafts center.
- Planned Programming- serves to structure learning experience while following specific guidelines for recording, charting and implementing the language experience approach.
Resources
http://family.wikinut.com/The-Language-Experience-Approach-Magical-Reading-Readiness-Learning!/1ri6xdd4/
http://www.ehow.com/info_10062615_language-experience-approach-activities.html
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2008/05/language-experience-approach-lea.html
Video: Talks about LEA and strategies that go along with it.