Students need to be given the opportunity to use oral and written language whenever possible. When
they reach the stage in which speech is emerging beyond the two-word stage, there are many sorts of activities
which will foster more comprehension and speech. Some suggestions are:
a. preference ranking
b. games of all sorts
c. problem-solving using charts, tables graphs, maps
d. advertisements and signs
e. group discussion
f. skits (finger plays, flannel boards, puppets)
g. music, radio, television, film strips, slides
h. writing exercises (especially Language Experience Approach)
i. reading
j. culture