Which approach is described as the primary strategy being LEA and develops all four language skills?

Which approach is described as the primary strategy being LEA and develops all four language skills?

• A. Whole Language Approach
• B. Language Experience Approach
• C. Content-Based Instruction
• D. CALLA

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is recognizing the approach that uses a student’s own spoken language as the starting point for literacy and builds listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an integrated way. The Language Experience Approach does exactly that: a student tells or dictates a story in their own words, the teacher writes it down verbatim, and that single text becomes the basis for reading practice. Through rereading, discussion, and later writing activities, all four language skills are developed together, with the student’s oral language directly supporting print literacy. This creates a meaningful, personally relevant context that helps students connect speech to print and grow across listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In contrast, the Whole Language Approach is a broader literacy philosophy emphasizing authentic reading and real-world effects of text, not specifically defined by using the student’s dictated language as the core material. Content-Based Instruction focuses on learning academic content while developing language in tandem, and CALLA centers on teaching explicit cognitive strategies for academic language.

The idea being tested is recognizing the approach that uses a student’s own spoken language as the starting point for literacy and builds listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an integrated way. The Language Experience Approach does exactly that: a student tells or dictates a story in their own words, the teacher writes it down verbatim, and that single text becomes the basis for reading practice. Through rereading, discussion, and later writing activities, all four language skills are developed together, with the student’s oral language directly supporting print literacy. This creates a meaningful, personally relevant context that helps students connect speech to print and grow across listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

In contrast, the Whole Language Approach is a broader literacy philosophy emphasizing authentic reading and real-world effects of text, not specifically defined by using the student’s dictated language as the core material. Content-Based Instruction focuses on learning academic content while developing language in tandem, and CALLA centers on teaching explicit cognitive strategies for academic language.