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ERIC Number: EJ370157
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Talking and Writing: Explaining the Whole Language Approach to Parents.
Fields, Marjorie V.
Reading Teacher, v41 n9 p898-903 May 1988
Suggests that parents who understand how written language development resembles oral language development are more willing to accept whole language instruction. Offers teachers suggestions on how to convince parents of this similarity. (ARH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Oral Language, Parent Teacher Conferences, Reading Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Writing Instruction, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Invented Spelling; Parent Orientation; Whole Language Approach