Sharing an experience with the entire class is an LEA activity. Select an outdoor trip with the entire class or plan a cooking session in class. Take pictures during the trip to which students can relate later while discussing their experiences. For in-class activity, ensure all students participate equally. After the activity, the students relate their experience one by one. Write down exactly what they say and after that read it back to them. Ensure that you have not left out anything or the student does not want any part changed. Advise on capitalization, spellings and punctuation but allow students to use own words and grammar style.
Write down a story in simple sentences and cut out the sentences in strips. Pass out the strips to students and ask each of them to read their strips aloud. Tell them to put the strips in order so that the actual story emerges. After the story is complete, ask each one of them to read it aloud. Discuss why they chose to put the sentences in a particular order. Encourage the group to correct or amend the story.
Use universal topics like food, clothing, wedding customs and traditional festivals to initiate discussion on personal experiences. Pictures can act as cues to help students overcome their inhibitions. Encourage them to expand on the experience by inquiring further or providing suitable words. Read in unison with the students each personal experience. This acts as a reading exercise for the entire class.
Select a particular story or chart of picture. Ask students to become teachers and lead others in reading it. Use the stories or charts that the students have themselves created using Learning Experience Approach. Ensure that everyone gets a chance to become a teacher and read a story created by another student. Reading becomes easier as the material used is self-generated. Students also gain confidence as they pick up new words and read through text written by others.