Sabrina D.

Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Camera Project

The Language Experience Approach encourages reading and writing through personal

experiences and oral language. During this process a conversation takes place between a student

(learner) and an educator (teacher/transcriber). The student orally explains their interpretation or

account in regards to a picture, personal experience, or any other form of prompt. The transcriber will

take precise note of what the speaker is saying as the discussion goes on. The transcriber will not

make any grammatical corrections. The errors that are recorded will eventually serve as an example

of how far their language has developed.

This week we took photographs of specific locations in and around the school campus. These

photos include the playgrounds, the garden, the classroom library and a couple other area of interest.

I had the opportunity to show each picture to a small group of students in order to gather their

thoughts, opinions, and interpretations. Upon receiving their input, I jotted down the conversation so

that I could reference their quotes in the booklet I was putting together for the classroom. The benefit

of the booklet is to provide the students with an example of how their words are language and by

using them, we are able to create literature. Talking about the pictures, place, what we see and what

we do or think is the foundation of language and literacy. Projects or any works similar to the camera

project we did with our Pre-K for SA classes are a strong representation of the Language Experience

Approach.
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902
Sabrina D. Hobday-Minten
Professor Cataldo
ECE 3603-902