165.95.7.57 Response Let me start off by saying that I was very impressed with the presentations given. They were probably nervous to go first and give their presentation, but they did a good job. During this time we covered that phonics is teacher centered learning while whole language approach is more of independent learning. Although at the end we were still wondering which was better. In this defintion of whole language there was a lot more involved such as students in these types of evironments are given choices.
Students are in context rich environments and they are involved in natural language.
Overall I enjoyed these presentations,they helped me grasp better these types of approaches that I will have to use as a teacher.