The Theoretical Foundations and Application of Whole Language

Different language teaching approaches reflect people’s different demands and needs about language learning during different periods. This paper is going to focus on Whole Language, which is a relatively new approach to teaching and learning language. Many people are neither much familiar with the theoretical foundations of Whole Language nor the way how it is applied in teaching process. This paper is going to solve the unfamiliarity by delivering a brief discussion on the theoretical foundation and application of Whole Language approach.