Whole Language Language, whether oral or written, is best learned in meaningful social contexts. Language arts instruction, particularly reading and writing, should be integrated.
Language is acquired and retained through meaningful use and practice.
Language is easiest to learn when it is presented whole rather than in isolated pieces. Language instruction should focus on the individual language and experience of the learner. Young children's opportunities to experiment with the spelling system and to invent their own spellings hasten spelling achievement Children's invented spellings are highly predictable and consistent, suggesting an underlying cognitive and linguistic system from which children generate their approximate and invented spellings, as well as their conventional spellings. Meaning aids spelling and spelling aids meaning. Have children write frequently.