-Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabridge

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oredr the ltters in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist
and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The
rset can be a total mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit problem. Tihs is bcuseae
the huamn mind deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

- Psycholinguistic guessing game-

Scope
Background

How does it relate to other theories and approaches

Approach: theory of language and of learning.

Design

Teacher's role

Student's role

Advantage & Disadvantage

Whole Language Approach
Objective: At the end of this 60 minutes
session:
 the ss' will be able to familiarize whole
language approach in teaching.
 the ss' will be able to apply whole
language approcah in reading and in
writing.
Whole Language Approach
Whole language is an approach to teaching
reading and writing which differs in many
ways from the traditional system in which
most of us learned to read and write.
Whole Language Approach
 describes a literacy philosophy which
emphasizes that children should focus on
meaning and strategy instruction.
 focus on learning the complete meaning
of a word. You don't stress the phonetic
part of a sentence and break it down.
Whole Language Approach

 focus on making meaning in reading and

expressing meaning in writing.
 constructivist approaches to knowledge
creation,emphasizin g ss' interpretation of
text and free expressions of ideas in
writing.
Background

Language should be taught as a WHOLE “ if language

isn't kept whole, it isn't language anymore
(Rigg,1991:522)

Was developed to help young children learn to read,

to teach secondary levels and ESL

Respect students as members of culture and as a

creator of knowledge, and respect for teachers as a
professional.
How does it relate to other
theories and approaches? It is seen as an approach
based on the
principle that it uses the4
main skills

1 2 3

Is designed to help children and adults learn a

second language in the same way that
children learn their first language.
 The idea of "whole" language has its root in a
range of theories of learning called "holism".

Based on holism
- it is believed that learning small
chunks of language can never tell us everything
about how the entire
human mind works.
Example:
This is a ball.

I like to eat sandwich.

His hobby is to watch T.V.

Approach: Theory of language
and of learning.

Approach:
Theory of Language
and of learning
Language is a vehicle for human
communication in which there is a
relationship between readers and
writers

Social
Practice
Design

use of authentic material

use of ss' produced text rather than books use or real & natural events

Design

student centered reading fpr comprehension

writing for real audience

Teacher's role

• Facilitator and active participant in the learning

community.
• Looks for the occurrence of teachable
moments. (no preplanned lesson plan or script)
• Negociates a plan of work with
the learners.
Ss' Role

• Is a collaborator
• Evaluator
• His learning experiences are used as resources for
learning.
• Selectors of learning materials and activities. (real
world materials)
Advantage
• They have a better understanding of what they are reading, and a more
interesting and creative approach to reading.
•There are no lists of sounds or rules to be learnt.
•Children are able to observe real reading behaviors in nonthreatening situations
and to imitate such behaviors without fear or shame.
•Children are exposed to outstanding children’s literature from the very beginning of
their reading experiences.
They are not asked to read artificially simplified or contrived language. This makes
reading more interesting for them.
Disadvantage

• Ss' who are taught using a pure whole language approach

without a phonics component have a difficult time learning
how to spell.
• Ss' misinterpreting word
• Never learning how to sound out unknown words and not
comprehending the basics of the English language.
• Children with limited ability to memorize a sequence of
words.
Other features

Whole Language

Pluralistic
KNOWLEDGE IS SOCIALY CONSTRUCTED,
RATHER THAN RECEIVED OR DISCOVERED

Teacher collaborates to
create knowledge using
students’ experience,
needs, interests, and
aspirations.
Group Activity:

Instruction:
Form 2 groups and then do
the following:

Group 1: Write a letter of

intent to any government
offices stating your purpose
then present it to the class.
Group Activity:

Group 2: Write a short story

with your own invented way
of writting then present it to
the class.
Thank you!