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Literacies and Languages for All

Focusing on whole language as a dynamic philosophy of education.

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LLA

Welcome to Literacies and Languages for All (LLA)!

LLA is an NCTE Conference of holistic educators who believe that ALL children deserve personally meaningful learning contexts in which their languages and cultures are valued and recognized as assets for learning. LLA members integrate theories and practices of social justice; critical literacies; digital, multimodal, and biliteracies; and inquiry- and project-based learning that embody the work of 21st-century educators.

Congratulations to the candidates elected to the LLA Executive Board!

Made for Meaning: Updating and Extending Cambourne’s Conditions of Learning With Authors Debra Crouch and Brian Cambourne
Event co-sponsored by LLA and CELT 
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LLA George Floyd Statement

 

Teaching Readers (Not Reading)

Virtual — July 14–15, 2023

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The call for proposals is now available.

Write for Talking Points

Talking Points provides a forum for parents, classroom teachers, and researchers to reflect about literacy and learning. We invite you and colleagues that you know to submit manuscripts for the next issue.

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LLA Awards

Three awards are presented each year to honor members who view whole language as a dynamic philosophy of education.

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Teachers Applying Whole Language (TAWL)

These groups provide individual members, usually from the same geographical area, a local network for their interest in whole language.

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Whole Language Beliefs

Whole Language is a set of principles and teaching practices that draws upon scientifically based research from many areas including: first and second language development, early literacy, the relationship between language and culture, children’s and adolescent literature, digital literacy, and on-going classroom research.

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LLA Scholarship Fund

LLA Scholarships assist teachers who embrace whole language practices in their classrooms. Scholarships are available each year for teachers to attend the Literacies for All Summer Institute. The scholarship supports registration costs and one year of LLA/NCTE membership. Each award is valued to be no more than $300.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Donate to the LLA Scholarship Fund

Donate to the LLA Scholarship Fund to assist teachers who embrace whole language practices in their classrooms. LLA appreciates your generous support of the organization and the broader professional community we serve!

In Memory of Ken Goodman, Donate

Ken Goodman, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, reading researcher, and the founding father of Whole Language, died peacefully in his sleep on March 12, 2020.

Click here to learn more about Ken Goodman and his work and to make a donation in his memory

Click here to directly make a donation in his memory that will benefit LLA

Have questions or comments, email us today!