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The stories about personal experiences are written down by a teacher and read together until the learner associates the written form of the word with the spoken.
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(Taylor)
"LEA is a whole language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language"
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Difficulty of vocabulary and grammar are determined by the learners own language use. All communication skills--reading, writing, listening, and speaking--are integrated.
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Can be used in small groups, pairs or as a whole class activity. There are some steps involved when implementing the language experience approach into a class (Taylor).
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Choosing the common experience Teacher cooperates with students to select an activity that can be discussed and consequently written down
Composing the written account Cooperates together on developing a written account which should be visible to all learners Teacher does not correct the learners' mistakes since the focus is mainly on the students' ideas
TSL 3106 Reading the written account The teacher and the learners read it aloud focusing on key structures, vocabulary and pronunciation
Expanding the experience Various follow-up activities can be performed. Mistakes are corrected and the text edited
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Tutor: "to model the writing and the thinking process aloud in LEA classes ("Leading from Behind"). Motivator: creating the right atmosphere for composing, generating the ideas, for stimulating students to make more
TSL 3106 The LEA is an integrative approach. The LEA takes advantage of cooperative language learning. The LEA enriches learners' vocabulary.
There are numerous possibilities how to exploit the created text further.
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It helps learners to understand the connection between the written and spoken form of the second language.
It helps learners understand that what they think and say can be written.
Highly motivating
Aids comprehension
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