• The Language Experience Approach- students orally relate their personal experiences to the teacher; teacher transcribes these experiences complete with errors and then develops other reading and writing activities based on the transcription.
• Bottom-up Reading Strategies- the strategies that focus primarily on actual words in a text instead of general meanings. For example, analyzing relationships between words in a sentence and deciphering the meanings of individual words in a sentence.
• Suggestopedia- a relaxed approach to learning a foreign language where a student’s first language may be used freely during instruction. “Make sure the students feel comfortable and confident.”
• Community Language Learning- students work together to develop what aspect of a language they would like to learn. Teacher acts as a counselor and a paraphrase. Students act like a collaborator. A student’s first language may be used freely during instruction.
• The Writing Process- 1- Brainstorm, 2- First Draft, 3- Peer Review (feedback about changes), 4- Revise, 5- Proofread, 6- Submit final draft
• Correcting Speech Errors- for beginners, correct only those errors that interfere with communicating meaning
• Home Language Survey- a federal law that requires school administrators to determine if a language other than or in addition to English is spoken at student’s home.
• Identifying semantic and syntactic gaps- prior to the beginning of a unit discuss student’s prior experiences related to the topic. By doing this, the teacher can identify specific gaps in the student’s understanding and build-them into the development of a lesson.
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