Hi Robb 

I think you mean Sylvia Ashton Warner who was a New Zealand teacher and
writer and painter but spent a lot of the later years  in the US

I am not sure she was the founder of the language experience approach (
I think Dewey had thought of it years earlier) but certainly she
developed revolutionary approaches to working with Maori (our indigenous
group)  students to develop reading and writing skills 
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/ashtonwarner.html

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[mailto:focusonbasics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Robb Scott
Sent: Friday, 22 February 2008 12:11 p.m.
To: The Focus on Basics Discussion List
Subject: [FocusOnBasics 1105] Re: Language experience

This idea started with
Sylvia Ashing-Warner in the 1960s.
The thing to remember is how important
it is that language learning lessons
be built around meaningful content,
significant experiences. Any time you
can help a person write an idea,
no matter how simple, as long as it
is something THEY WANT TO SAY, and
then listen as they read that aloud
to you, you are gearing your instruction with great precision to that
learner's skill level and needs. 


 
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